rodenticide
rodenticide noun: any toxic substance used to kill rodent pests.
Noun
rodenticide (countable and uncountable, plural rodenticides)
- Any toxic substance used to kill rodent pests.
- Since this type of control program tends to reduce the population before it spreads over large areas, it will likely result in the use of less rodenticide in the area.1983, Terrell P. Salmon, Robert E. Lickliter, “Comparisons Between Vertebrate Pest Control Materials: Essential Considerations”, in Dale E. Kaukeinen, editor, Vertebrate Pest Control and Management...
rodenticide meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Thai
rodenticide in Tamil
- கொரிப்பனக் கொல்லி, எலி கொல்லி
rodenticide in Kannada
- ಕಡಿಗಕೊಲೆ, ಕಡಿಗಗೊಲೆ
rodenticide in Thai
- toxic substance used to kill rodents
- ยาเบื่อหนู yaa-bʉ̀ʉa-nǔu
Forms of rodenticide
| plural | rodenticides |
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Origin of rodenticide
From rodent + -i- + -cide.
Words formed from rodenticide
Questions about rodenticide
- What does rodenticide mean?
- Rodenticide means any toxic substance used to kill rodent pests.
- What is rodenticide in Tamil?
- Rodenticide in Tamil is கொரிப்பனக் கொல்லி, எலி கொல்லி. See Rodenticide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rodenticide?
- Rodenticide is a noun.
- What is the plural of rodenticide?
- The plural of rodenticide is rodenticides.
Words near rodenticide in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rodenticide (page history and authors); rodenticide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rodenticide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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