INSECTICIDE


Meaning of INSECTICIDE in English

I. ə̇nˈsektəˌsīd noun

( -s )

Etymology: insecti- + -cide (killing)

: the killing of insects

a carefully controlled mass insecticide was going on — Newsweek

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary insecti- + -cide (killer)

: an agent that destroys insects ; broadly : an agent hostile or repellent to insects — compare larvicide

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.