tickiciden.
/ˈtɪkɪsʌɪd/ Agriculture colloquial.
A substance that kills ticks; an acaricide.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > insecticide or pesticide
acaricide1841
pyrethrum1876
benzene hexachloride1884
systemic1893
alphachloralose1894
pyrethrin1896
hexachlorethane1898
pesticide1933
bomb1944
bug juice1944
adulticide1945
miticide1946
chlordane1947
HCH1947
lindane1949
allethrin1950
Pybuthrin1951
isodrin1953
monosulfiram1953
mirex1962
naled1963
propoxur1964
methiocarb1966
carbofuran1968
aldicarb1969
pirimicarb1970
tickicide1971
methoprene1974
1971 Ecologist May 22/1 The ticks were developing resistance to each new tickicide almost as fast as it could be introduced.
1986 Courier-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.
1988 Nature 7 July 10/2 Very large biodegradable carcerands..could extend the lives of agrochemicals, such as insect pheromones and tickicides, employed in sheep dips.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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