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tickicide, n. Agric. colloq.|ˈtɪkɪsaɪd|
[f. tick n.1 + -i- + -cide.]
A substance that kills ticks; an acaricide.
1971Ecologist May 22/1 The ticks were developing resistance to each new tickicide almost as fast as it could be introduced. 1986Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Oct. 25/1 Stockowners applying less than the recommended dose of the tickicide Bayticol may be causing ticks to become more resistant to the chemical. 1988Nature 7 July 10/2 Very large biodegradable carcerands..could extend the lives of agrochemicals, such as insect pheromones and tickicides, employed in sheep dips. |