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piscicide

noun

Etymology

From pisci- + -cide.

  1. derived from -cīdium
  2. borrowed from -cide
  3. formed as piscicide — “pisci- + -cide”

Definitions

  1. Any substance that is poisonous to fish.

  2. The killing of fish.

    • The explosion of an aquarium in Berlin in 2022 caused a major piscicide.

  3. A fish that kills.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A fish that kills another fish, especially out of malice.

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Derived

piscicidal

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for piscicide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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