Culicide
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any insecticide that kills mosquitos countable, uncountable
"Besides the practical work done by Surgeon Berry at New Orleans, the culicide was used satisfactorily in another part of the city by Surgeon Blue, and after that some experiments were conducted at the Marine Hospital at New Orleans."
Example
More examples"Besides the practical work done by Surgeon Berry at New Orleans, the culicide was used satisfactorily in another part of the city by Surgeon Blue, and after that some experiments were conducted at the Marine Hospital at New Orleans."
Etymology
From Culex + -cide.
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