Anticide

Quick meaning: Anticide is a noun meaning A substance that kills ants.

Meaning

A substance that kills ants.

Example Sentences

Therefore a parathion-treated upland pineapple orchard guarded with anticide throughout the growing seasons showed only negligible pineapple wilt infestation.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• anticides

Synonyms for anticide

Depending on context, synonyms include formicide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include formicide, apicide, arachnicide, aphidicide, avicide, bugicide.

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