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: insecticide
English
> 1 sense of the word
insecticide
:
NOUN
substance
insecticide
,
insect powder
a chemical used to
kill
insects
insecticide > pronunciation
Sounds
ihnseh'ktahsay.d
Rhymes
abide
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English
>
insecticide
: 1 sense
> noun 1, substance
Meaning
A chemical used to
kill
insects
.
Synonym
insect powder
Narrower
Malathion
A
yellow
insecticide
used as a
dust
or
spray
to control
garden
pests
and
house flies
and
mites
Paris green
A
toxic
double salt
of
copper
arsenate
and
copper
acetate
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
,
DDT
An
insecticide
that is also
toxic
to
animals
and
humans
larvacide
An
insecticide
that
kills
the
larvae
of
insects
lead arsenate
A
poisonous
white
solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an
insecticide
lindane
A
white
crystalline
powder
used as an
agricultural
insecticide
organophosphate
An
insecticide
that
interferes
with an
insect's
nervous system
parathion
A
colorless
and
odorless
toxic
oil
used as an
insecticide
pyrethrum
made
of
dried
flower heads
of
pyrethrum
plants
rotenone
A
white
crystalline
insecticide
that has low
toxicity
for
mammals
Broader
pesticide
A chemical used to
kill
pests
(as
rodents
or
insects
)
Substances
arsenic
,
As
,
atomic number 33
A very
poisonous
metallic element
that has three
allotropic
forms
Spanish
insecticida
Catalan
insecticida
Adjectives
insecticidal
of or
relating
to
insecticide
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