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Definition of Larvacide
1. Noun. An insecticide that kills the larvae of insects.
Definition of Larvacide
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of larvicide) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larvacide
Literary usage of Larvacide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"“ Tests have recently been made to determine approximately how much of the new
larvacide will be needed per month (rainy season) for each district. ..."
2. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"Use of larvacide. In treating water to destroy mosquito larvae, it frequently
happens that oil cannot be effectively applied; particularly is this the case ..."
3. Panama: The Canal, the Country, and the People by Arthur Bullard (1911)
"The larvacide in that ash-can— as i,ts name implies—is aimed in their direction.
... If at any one of those times they get a lung full of larvacide, ..."
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