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anticide en · NOUN

Etymology

From ant + -icide.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A substance that kills ants.
   • Therefore a parathion-treated upland pineapple orchard guarded with anticide throughout the growing seasons showed only negligible pineapple wilt infestation. 1959, JCRR General Report, page 64:
   • In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc. 1963, Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India, page 98:
   • Dusting the seed with an anticide, such as 20% lindane dust at 1 lb. of dust to 80 lb. of seed, will discourage them. Inoculated legume seed should not be mixed with dusted seed as the anticide will kill the bacteria. 1973, Queensland Agricultural Journal, page 567:

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Synonyms

formicide