Meaning of amphibicide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A substance used to kill amphibians.
2. The killing of an amphibian.
   humorous

Examples

“The toxicant would need⟳ to be relabeled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use⟳ as a selective amphibicide in static culture ponds before it could become⟳ available for use⟳ as described here.”

“But although I try⟳ as much as possible to avoid⟳ involuntary amphibicide, EOBM members were out there actually counting and measuring the poor flattened bodies ("female, tibia 34.5 mm"), checking what frogs had last⟳ eaten, and mourning the deaths.”

“Stepping gingerly so as to avoid⟳ any inadvertent amphibicide, I eventually found myself at the pond's center, the water now above waist level.”

“'The wee girls haven't caught a frog yet, so this talk⟳ of amphibicide is all exaggeration.'”

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