Anticide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that kills ants. countable, uncountable

    "Therefore a parathion-treated upland pineapple orchard guarded with anticide throughout the growing seasons showed only negligible pineapple wilt infestation."

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formicide

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"Therefore a parathion-treated upland pineapple orchard guarded with anticide throughout the growing seasons showed only negligible pineapple wilt infestation."

Etymology

From ant + -icide.

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