rodenticide

[roh-den-tuh-sahyd]

noun

1. a substance or preparation for killing rodents.

rodenticide

/ rəʊˈdɛntɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. a substance used for killing rats, mice, and other rodents

rodenticide

1. A pesticide used to kill rodents. Warfarin is a rodenticide.

2. Compare fungicide herbicide insecticide

Word History and Origins

Origin of rodenticide¹

First recorded in 1935–40; rodent + -i- + -cide

Example Sentences

"Even if we put down rodenticide, they won't eat it. They are just not interested… Once these bins are infested with rats, the bin men don't want to collect it either."

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He said the baiting programme is "something we do quite reluctantly because it isn't ideal in a natural environment to be using rodenticide".

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He added that the rodenticide being used is "one that is suitable for use in an outdoor environment".

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The startling find of wild pigs with bright blue tissue in Monterey County suggests the wild animals have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone, a popular poison used by farmers and agriculture companies to control the population of rats, mice, squirrels and other small animals, according to a statement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Rodenticide baits are often dyed so they can be identified as poison, and the unusual blue-colored muscle is a sign that the animal may have eaten the poison, or eaten an animal that had been exposed to the poison.

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