pyriproxyfen
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pyriproxyfen (uncountable)
- A pyridine-based pesticide effective against a variety of arthropods.
- 2009 June 23, Henry Fountain, “Getting Mosquitoes to Spread Poison to Their Own Larvae”, in New York Times[1]:
- He and his team set up “dissemination stations,” consisting of dark, damp cloths dusted with pyriproxyfen, in the nooks and crannies of aboveground tombs in a cemetery.