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scalicide

scalicide noun: a substance that kills scale insects.

Noun

scalicide (countable and uncountable, plural scalicides)

  1. A substance that kills scale insects.
    • Mr. Hess. The only Japanese cherry trees that come under my jurisdiction are those that are planted in the Botanic Garden, and they do have a little scale, some of them. We sprayed them last fall with arsenic, for the biting or eating insects, and we sprayed them later on with scalicide for the...1930, Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill, 1931: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations […], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 291
    • Phenthoate, Cidal, elsan (S - alpha - ethoxycarbonylbenzyl dimethyl phosphorothiolothionate) is a broad-spectrum scalicide/thripsicide/acaricide.1977, Pesticides Review, Australia. Department of Health, page 32

Examples of scalicide in a sentence

  • We sprayed them with scalicide; yes, sir.1930, Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill, 1931: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations […]...
  • They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin).1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:

Forms of scalicide

pluralscalicides

Origin of scalicide

From scale + -icide.

Questions about scalicide

What does scalicide mean?
Scalicide means a substance that kills scale insects.
How do you use scalicide in a sentence?
We sprayed them with scalicide; yes, sir.
What part of speech is scalicide?
Scalicide is a noun.
What is the plural of scalicide?
The plural of scalicide is scalicides.

Words near scalicide in the dictionary

  1. Scalian
  2. Scalians
  3. Scalias
  4. scalic
  5. Scalici
  6. scalicide
  7. scalicides
  8. Scalicis
  9. scalid
  10. scalidophoran
  11. scalidophorans

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