About The Word Insecticide

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Insecticide

Insecticide Meaning & Definition
Insecticide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insecticide?

[n] a chemical used to kill insects

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insecticide: insect powder

Related Terms | Find terms related to Insecticide: aborticide | acaricide | anthelmintic | antibiotic | antiseptic | bug bomb | carbamate insecticide | chemosterilant | chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide | contact poison | defoliant | disinfectant | eradicant | fratricide | fumigant | fungicide | genocide | germicide | herbicide | homicide | infanticide | insect powder | matricide | microbicide | miticide | organic chlorine | organic phosphate insecticide | parricide | patricide | pesticide | poison | rat poison | regicide | roach paste | roach powder | rodenticide | sororicide | stomach poison | suicide | systemic | systemic insecticide | toxic | toxicant | toxin | uxoricide | venin | venom | vermicide | virus | weed killer

See Also | arsenic | As | atomic number 33 | DDT | dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | larvacide | lead arsenate | lindane | Malathion | organophosphate | parathion | Paris green | pesticide | pyrethrum | rotenone

Insecticide In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sec"ti*cide\, n. [Insect + L. caedere to kill.] An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder. -- {In*sec"ti*ci`dal}, a.

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