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adulticide

noun

Etymology

From adult + -icide.

  1. derived from adultus
  2. borrowed from adulte
  3. suffixed as adulticide — “adult + icide”

Definitions

  1. A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.

  2. To treat with adulticide.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA