Meaning of anticide | Babel Free

Definitions

A substance that kills ants.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Therefore a parathion-treated upland pineapple orchard guarded with anticide throughout the growing seasons showed only negligible pineapple wilt infestation.”

“In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc.”

“Dusting the seed with an anticide, such as 20% lindane dust at 1 lb. of dust to 80 lb. of seed, will discourage them. Inoculated legume seed should not be mixed with dusted seed as the anticide will kill the bacteria.”

CEFR level