amitraz
noun
am·i·traz ˈa-mə-ˌtraz 
: a pesticide C19H23N3 used as an insecticide on crops and to control ticks, lice, and mites on animals (such as dogs and cows)
… a new tick collar containing the chemical amitraz is effective in preventing ticks from attaching to the animal and is usually safe to use short-term.
Shawn Messonnier, Dallas Morning News, 4 May 2005
Shawn Messonnier, Dallas Morning News, 4 May 2005
Word History
Etymology
probably by rearrangement of letters from the systematic name 1,5-di-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-methyl-1,3,5-triazapenta-l, 4-diene
First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined above
- pick someone's brain/brains
- pick someone's brains
- pick someone's pocket
- pick something clean
- pick the brains of
- pick to pieces
- pick to shreds
- pick tongs
- pick tree
- pick up
- pick up after
- pick up after (someone)
- pick up after someone
- pick up and go
- pick up and leave
- pick up and leave/go
- pick up momentum
- pick up on
- pick up speed
- pick up speed/momentum
- pick up steam
- pick up the bill
- pick up the check
- pick up the cudgels for
- pick up the gauntlet