Parasiticide
/ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any substance used to kill parasites.
"Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides"
Etymology
From parasite + -cide.