in·sec·ti·cide ( n-s k t-s d )n. A chemical substance used to kill insects. in·sec ti·cidal (-sdl) adj.in·sec ti·cidal·ly adv. |
insecticide
Noun
a substance used to destroy insects [insect + Latin caedere to kill]
| insecticide (n-skt-sd) A pesticide used to kill insects. Chlordane and DDT are insecticides. Compare fungicideherbiciderodenticide |
insecticide
a substance used for killing insects. — insecticidal, adj.
See also: Insectsa substance used for killing insects. — insecticidal, adj.
See also: Killing
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| Noun | 1. |  insecticide - a chemical used to kill insects pyrethrum - made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 larvacide - an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects lead arsenate - a poisonous white solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an insecticide As, atomic number 33, arsenic - a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar lindane - a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide Malathion - a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites organophosphate - an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system pesticide - a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) parathion - a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide Paris green - a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate rotenone - a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube |
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