Amphibicide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Amphibicide is a noun meaning A substance used to kill amphibians.
Meaning
A substance used to kill amphibians.
More Meanings
- (chiefly humorous) The killing of an amphibian.
Example Sentences
'The wee girls haven't caught a frog yet, so this talk of amphibicide is all exaggeration.'
Stepping gingerly so as to avoid any inadvertent amphibicide, I eventually found myself at the pond's center, the water now above waist level.
The toxicant would need to be relabeled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use as a selective amphibicide in static culture ponds before it could become available for use as described here.
But although I try as much as possible to avoid involuntary amphibicide, EOBM members were out there actually counting and measuring the poor flattened bodies ("female, tibia 34.5 mm"), checking what frogs had last eaten, and mourning the deaths.
Word Forms
- amphibicides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include amebicide, amoebacide, amoebicide, aphidicide, fungicide, bugicide.
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