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larvicide

noun

Etymology

From larva + -cide.

  1. borrowed from larva — “disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”
  2. suffixed as larvicide — “larva + cide”

Definitions

  1. Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect

  2. To treat with larvicide.

The neighborhood

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