rodenticiden.
/rə(ʊ)ˈdɛntᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /roʊˈdɛn(t)əˌsaɪd/ Originally U.S.
A poison for killing rodents.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison
ratton-bread1394
ratsbane1488
ratton bane?1543
ratton poison1590
rat poison1674
raticide1847
rodenticide1903
ANTU1945
1903 Denver Med. Times 23 288 As a rodenticide sweet potato food prepared with arsenic was employed.
1938 Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 27 172 This material..might serve both as a rodenticide and an insecticide.
1975 Nature 24 Jan. 275/2 Field populations of common rats..resistant to anticoagulant rodenticides..have appeared in Scotland, Denmark, [etc.].
2007 R. Lovegrove Silent Fields iii. 59 Rats and mice..are usually controlled nowadays through the use of a wide range of pelleted rodenticides or dressed baits as well as..traps.
Derivatives
roˌdentiˈcidal adj. of or relating to rodenticides; poisonous to rodents.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > of or relating to or effected by specific poison
arsenical1591
strychnic1840
urali1843
ptomaic1889
toxalbumic1902
rodenticidal1939
paraquat1961
methiocarb1966
1939 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 95 486/1 Human poisoning has resulted from..accidental ingestion of the metal used for entomological and rodenticidal purposes.
1979 P. L. G. Bateman Household Pests i. 25 Pest control chemicals are selected for their insecticidal or rodenticidal efficiency.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lv. 204 Elemental yellow phosphorus exposure via a rodenticidal paste..may occur under unusual circumstances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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