antilarval

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adjective

Counteracting larvae.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveantilarval (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCounteracting larvae.

    From 1890 to 1940, antilarval drainage operations, environmental measures and the use of chemical products (mineral oil, Paris Green) were the basis of vector control.

    2008, Manguin Sylvie, Biodiversity of Malaria in the world, page 376

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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