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cockroachicide en · NOUN

Etymology

From cockroach + -icide.

Meanings

1. (countable, rare, uncountable) A substance that kills cockroaches.
   • “I have tried,” said he, “everything that has ever been recommended as a cockroachicide.[…]” 1890, The National Druggist, page 119:
   • Boric acid: lowers sintering temperature, 421 / reaction with monosilicic acid, 190 / with silica as cockroachicide, 752 1979, Ralph K. Iler, “Subject Index”, in The Chemistry of Silica: Solubility, Polymerization, Colloid and Surface Properties and Biochemistry of Silica, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 838:
   • Should be pleased if some of your botanical readers would throw any light on the subject, as really good “cockroachicide” seems to be only with difficulty obtainable in this country. 1901, English Mechanic and World of Science, page 252:

Forms

Synonyms

roachicide · blatticide