culicifuge

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noun

An agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.

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Meanings

nounculicifuge (plural culicifuges)

plural culicifuges

  1. An agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.

    The “treatment” involved coating the exposed arm from the wrist to the elbow with the alleged culicifuge.

    1919 June 14, “Mosquitoes and Culcifuges”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, page 1770

Origin

From culicine + -fuge.

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culicifuge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culicifuge

MLA

“culicifuge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culicifuge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culicifuge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culicifuge.

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