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miticide

American

[mahyt-uh-sahyd] / ˈmaɪt əˌsaɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

a substance or preparation for killing mites.

miticide British

/ ˈmɪtɪˌsaɪd /

noun

any drug or agent that destroys mites

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Other Word Forms

miticidal

adjective

Etymology

Origin of miticide

First recorded in 1945–50; mite ¹ + -i- + -cide

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After two miticide treatments, half the commercial bee colonies survived the season, compared with 65% of the Pol-line, the team reports today in Scientific Reports.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 7, 2022

The researchers also treated some colonies with only one dose of miticide, to see whether the Pol-line bees could survive with less help from the chemicals.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 7, 2022

But laboratory animals give more prompt results, and after the two years it was evident that this miticide was indeed a carcinogen.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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