pyriproxyfen

English

Noun

pyriproxyfen (uncountable)

1. 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.