Definition of Molluscicide

1. Noun. A substance that kills molluscs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molluscicide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Molluscicide

1. A chemical (pesticide) used to kill molluscs or mussels. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molluscicide

mollifying
mollifyingly
mollipilose
mollisol
mollisols
mollities
mollitude
molls
mollusc
mollusca
molluscacides
molluscan
molluscan catch muscle
molluscans
molluscicidal
molluscicide (current term)
molluscicides
molluscivore
molluscivores
mollusclike
molluscoid
molluscoidal
molluscoidea
molluscoids
molluscous
molluscs
molluscum
molluscum bodies
molluscum body

Literary usage of Molluscicide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Le marché mondial de la propriété intellectuelle: droits des communautés by Darrell Addison Posey, Graham Dutfield (1997)
"Lemma et Legesse Wolde-Yohannes de l'Université d'Addis Abeba ont réalisé la préparation d'un molluscicide bon marché à base ..."

2. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1908)
"Compositions in which the vehicle of pigment and molluscicide partakes of the nature of a varnish are the most effectual preventatives. ..."

3. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"... (Amdro) insecticide bait metaldehyde molluscicide propargite (Omite, Comité) acaricide with residual action Nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae. ..."

4. 6th Annual Report on Carcinogens (1991) by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Although there is no present commercial use for calcium arsenite (1:1), it was formerly used as an insecticide, pesticide, and molluscicide. ..."

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