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molluscicide|məˈlʌskɪsaɪd|
Also molluscacide.
[molluscicide f. mollusc + -i- + -cide; molluscacide f. Mollusca n. pl. + -cide.]
Any substance used to kill molluscs.
1947Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 21) Molluscacide. 1948Jrnl. Parasitol. XXXIV. Suppl. 33 (heading) Results of screening tests on chemicals as molluscicides. 1949Ibid. XXV. 475 (heading) Influence of some potential molluscacides on the oxygen consumption of Australorbis glabratus. 1965New Scientist 22 Apr. 229/2 No efforts had previously been made to wipe out the snails with molluscicides. 1972Country Life 2 Mar. 527/3 A new molluscicide spray is now being used..to eradicate the pest. 1974Nature 22 Mar. 363/1 The widely used molluscicide sodium pentachlorophenate is a repellant to snails.
Hence mollusciˈcidal a.
1950Jrnl. Parasitol. XXXVI. 152 The molluscacidal activity of a series of 42 organic compounds has been studied. 1950Biol. Abstr. XXIV. 3249/2 In this series of tests alpha-chloro-esters and amides of aliphatic monobasic acids showed a more marked molluscicidal activity than the unchlorinated derivatives. 1968New Scientist 4 Jan. 24/3 Chlorinated hydrocarbons and organo-phosphates were found to have no molluscicidal activity. |