adulticide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of adulticide
First recorded in 1945–50; adult ( def. ) + -i- ( def. ) + -cide ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The spraying is called adulticide — as opposed to larvicide, or killing insects before they hatch — and it was the first time that such a truck had ever rolled through the neighborhood.
From New York Times
"We've reached this point because of the tremendous progress with mosquito control in the affected area, including the combination of aerial application of the larvicide Bti and the adulticide Naled, and rigorous investigation of possible Zika infections by Florida health officials," Frieden said in a news release.
From US News
Public health officials have their own technocratic way of describing all this collateral destruction, worrying over problems such as “adulticide drift” and “nontarget insect mortality.”
From Slate
Where the virus-carrying mosquitoes are detected, the city commits larvicide, and, as a last resort, adulticide.
From New York Times
The insecticide’s common name is Duet Dual-Action Adulticide.
From Salon
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