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limacides

limacides is the plural of limacide.

Meaning of limacide

Noun

limacide (plural limacides)

  1. (Europe, rare) Any substance intended to kill gastropod molluscs (of the family Limacidae).
    • However, during 2004, the limacide Carakol (ai methaldehyde, 5%) was applied at the rate of 1 g/m 2 to a hedgerow along one side of the field plots, to prevent the cabbage plants being damaged by snails […]2008 October 27, Stanislav Trdan, “Yield of early white cabbage grown under mulch and non-mulch conditions with low populations of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman)”, in International Journal of...
    Synonyms:
    molluscicide

Questions about limacides

What is limacides the plural of?
Limacides is the plural of limacide.

Words near limacides in the dictionary

  1. limaceous
  2. limaces
  3. Limache
  4. limacid
  5. limacide
  6. limacides
  7. limacids
  8. limaciform
  9. limacine
  10. limacines
  11. limacinid

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