parasiticide

English

Etymology

parasite +‎ -cide

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/
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Noun

parasiticide (plural parasiticides)

Any substance used to kill parasites.
- 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian‎:
  Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides

Translations

substance used to kill parasites

Finnish: loismyrkky
French: parasiticide (fr) m or f
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: sníkladeyðir m
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: środek pasożytobójczy m
Portuguese: parasiticida m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: паразитици́д m (paraziticíd)
Spanish: parasiticida (es) m or f

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