muscicide

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noun

Any substance that kills flies.

OriginLatin musca →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounmuscicide (plural muscicides)

plural muscicides

  1. Any substance that kills flies.

Origin

  1. Latinmusca“fly”
  2. Englishmuscicide

From Latin musca (“fly”) + -icide.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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