parasiticide

English

Etymology

From parasite +‎ -cide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

parasiticide (plural parasiticides)

  1. Any substance used to kill parasites.
    • 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides

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