adulticide

English

Etymology

adult +‎ -icide

Noun

adulticide (plural adulticides)

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

Derived terms

• adulticidal

 

Translations

pesticide designed to kill adult insects

• French: adulticide (fr) m
• Malay: adultisid
• Portuguese: adulticida m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To treat with adulticide.

Anagrams

• dilucidate