Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An insecticide designed to kill larval pests.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which kills larvæ; specifically, any substance used for the destruction of the larvæ of mosquitos.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a chemical used to kill larval pests
Etymologies
- larva + -cide (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Additionally, unsafe sources of drinking water can be treated with an approved larvicide, such as ABATE®*, that kills copepods, and communities can be provided with new safe sources of drinking water, or have existing dysfunctional ones repaired.”
“That means killing the mosquitoes before they hatch with the use of larvicide.”
“The use of neem oil as a larvicide for mosquito control is being studied in the laboratory and field trials are planned for the near future.”
“Most municipalities, York included, have regularly undertaken mosquito-control efforts to stanch the spread of the disease since it first appeared in humans in Canada in 2002, including monthly treatments of larvicide on local catch basins.”
“To stay bite-free, said Brandi Moritz with the Platte County Health Department, residents can treat standing water with mosquito larvicide briquettes, put on repellant, wear long sleeves and avoid being outdoors from dusk to dawn when the mosquitoes bite most.”
“The pill has already met EPA's criteria to be classified as a mosquito larvicide to help control mosquito population.”
“Department could not start sprinkling of larvicide on water reservoirs and marshy areas in Rawalpindi ...”
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“City workers place larvicide into some storm drains and other areas to kill mosquito larvae before they hatch.”
“Around two sanitary workers from each ward were part of a training programme on Monday, where officials from the Filaria Control Unit, Department of Health, trained the workers on larvicide spraying.”
“All the drains in the municipality are being cleaned and larvicide sprayed, the official said, adding that the 'U' drains are being taken care of by the municipal authorities.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘larvicide’.
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phrontistery - l
from phrontistery.info
labarum, labefactation, labeorphily, labidometer, labile, lability, labiomancy, labret, labrose, labtebricole, lac, laccolith and 496 more...
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-cide words
aborticide to weedicide
aborticide, acaricide, algaecide, algicide, antipesticide, antisuicide, aphicide, bacillicide, bactericide, biocide, biopesticide, bullycide and 62 more...
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Apple -cide(r)?
felicide, fratricide, matricide, patricide, infanticide, sororicide, regicide, genocide, homicide, pesticide, bactericide, suicide and 36 more...
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The Other Cide of Death
Words ending in "cide"
matricide, patricide, infanticide, parricide, insecticide, filicide, acaricide, algicide, avicide, bactericide, barbicide, biocide and 59 more...
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