Amphibicide
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A substance used to kill amphibians.
"The toxicant would need to be relabeled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use as a selective amphibicide in static culture ponds before it could become available for use as described here."
- 2 The killing of an amphibian. humorous
"But although I try as much as possible to avoid involuntary amphibicide, EOBM members were out there actually counting and measuring the poor flattened bodies ("female, tibia 34.5 mm"), checking what frogs had last eaten, and mourning the deaths."
Example
More examples"The toxicant would need to be relabeled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use as a selective amphibicide in static culture ponds before it could become available for use as described here."
Etymology
From amphibian + -i- + -cide.
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