larvicide

American

[lahr-vuh-sahyd] / ˈlɑr vəˌsaɪd /

noun

an agent for killing larvae.

larvicide British

/ ˈlɑːvɪˌsaɪd /

noun

a chemical used for killing larvae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

larvicidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of larvicide

First recorded in 1895–1900; larv(a) + -i- + -cide

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Some local authorities also spray larvicide and insecticide.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2022

The eradication programme has hired hunters to find and map water sources deep in the forest, which are then treated with larvicide.

From Nature • Sep. 29, 2019

Miami used both aerial and ground spraying of insecticide and larvicide, along with teams going house-to-house looking for breeding sites.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2017

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine told the Miami Herald that the city will begin truck-spraying of larvicide in the zone on Saturday.

From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2016

Another chemical found to be even more effective as a larvicide is powdered borax.

From The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 by Bishopp, F. C.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023