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rodenticide|rəʊˈdɛntɪsaɪd|
[f. rodent n. + -cide 1, after insecticide, etc.]
A poison used to kill rodents.
1938Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. XXVII. 172 This material..might serve both as a rodenticide and an insecticide. 1961Times 18 July 6/6 The use of toxic chemicals is governed by a voluntary notification scheme agreed between the Government departments and the industrial association concerned, covering insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and rodenticides. 1975Nature 24 Jan. 275/2 Field populations of common rats..resistant to anti⁓coagulant rodenticides..have appeared in Scotland, Denmark, [etc.].
Hence rodentiˈcidal a., of or pertaining to a rodenticide; poisonous to rodents.
1939Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. XCV. 486/1 Human poisoning has resulted from..accidental ingestion of the metal used for entomological and rodenticidal purposes. 1979P. L. G. Bateman Household Pests i. 25 Pest control chemicals are selected for their insecticidal or rodenticidal efficiency. |