Filaricide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The destruction of filaria.
  2. 2
    A pesticide that kills nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea.

Etymology

From translingual Filaria + -cide, type genus of the superfamily Filarioidea.

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