Etymology

muscicide

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Today it means: Any substance that kills flies. Full definition →

Latin musca
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommusca“fly”
  2. English todaymuscicide

From Latin musca (“fly”) + -icide.

Words from the same roots

Latinmusca all →

mosquitomusketmuscamuscarinemuschetormuscifugemuscoid

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