Acaricide

//əˈkɛɹ.əˌsid// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).

    "“Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin)."

  2. 2
    a chemical agent used to kill mites wordnet

Synonyms

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acaracideantibioticantisepticdefoliantdisinfectantfumigant

Example

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"“Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin)."

Etymology

From acarid + -cide (“killer”).

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