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parasiticide

/ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/

parasiticide noun: any substance used to kill parasites.

Noun

parasiticide (plural parasiticides)

  1. Any substance used to kill parasites.
    • Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian

parasiticide meaning in Tamil

parasiticide in Tamil

ஒட்டுண்ணிக் கொல்லி, ஒண்டுயிர்கொல்லி

Forms of parasiticide

pluralparasiticides

Origin of parasiticide

From parasite + -cide.

Questions about parasiticide

What does parasiticide mean?
Parasiticide means any substance used to kill parasites.
What is parasiticide in Tamil?
Parasiticide in Tamil is ஒட்டுண்ணிக் கொல்லி, ஒண்டுயிர்கொல்லி. See Parasiticide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parasiticide?
Parasiticide is a noun.
How do you pronounce parasiticide?
Parasiticide is pronounced /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/.
What is the plural of parasiticide?
The plural of parasiticide is parasiticides.

Words near parasiticide in the dictionary

  1. parasitic jaeger
  2. parasitical
  3. parasitically
  4. parasiticalness
  5. parasiticidal
  6. parasiticide
  7. parasiticides
  8. parasitics
  9. parasitid
  10. parasitids
  11. parasitiform

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