"aphidicide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aphidicides [plural]
Etymology: From aphid + -cide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aphid|cide|nocat=1}} aphid + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun}} aphidicide (plural aphidicides)
  1. Any man-made substance that kills aphids. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-aphidicide-en-noun-acrVnZjY Disambiguation of Death: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. (rare) The act of killing aphids. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-aphidicide-en-noun-l29cLACK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aphicide

Inflected forms

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