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单词 molluscicide
释义

molluscicide

noun

mol·​lus·​ci·​cide mə-ˈlə-skə-ˌsīd How to pronounce molluscicide (audio) -ˈlə-sə- How to pronounce molluscicide (audio)
: an agent for destroying mollusks (such as snails)
molluscicidal
mə-ˌlə-skə-ˈsī-dᵊl How to pronounce molluscicide (audio)
-ˌlə-sə-
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The biopesticide is the first environmentally safe molluscicide to use inside power plants. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 In 2014, the EPA approved open water use of the molluscicide Zequanox, a treatment made up of dead cells from a soil bacteria that specifically targets mussels by destroying their digestive systems. Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021 The material could even be distributed to the mussels similarly to Zequanox engineering, which involved a frame and tarp system to pump the molluscicide underwater. Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Mollusca + English -i- + -cide

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

molluscicide

noun

mol·​lus·​ci·​cide mə-ˈləs-(k)ə-ˌsīd How to pronounce molluscicide (audio)
variants also molluscacide
-ˈləs-kə- How to pronounce molluscicide (audio)
: an agent for destroying mollusks (as snails)
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