adulticide

English

Etymology

From adult +‎ -icide.

Noun

adulticide (plural adulticides)

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

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Verb

adulticide (third-person singular simple present adulticides, present participle adulticiding, simple past and past participle adulticided)

  1. (transitive) To treat with adulticide.

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