Blatticide

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that kills cockroaches.

    "A new group of blatticides are the insect growth regulators (IGR). These chemicals act like the growth hormones of insects or block development of chitin, the major building block of the cockroach's exoskeleton."

Synonyms

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cockroachicideroachicide

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"A new group of blatticides are the insect growth regulators (IGR). These chemicals act like the growth hormones of insects or block development of chitin, the major building block of the cockroach's exoskeleton."

Etymology

From Blatta + -icide.

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