parasiticide

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/ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/

noun

Any substance used to kill parasites.

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Meanings

nounparasiticide (plural parasiticides)

plural parasiticides

  1. Any substance used to kill parasites.

    Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides

    2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian

Origin

From parasite + -cide.

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Translations

Finnish loismyrkky
  • loismyrkkysubstance used to kill parasites
French parasiticide
  • parasiticidesubstance used to kill parasites
Icelandic sníkladeyðir
  • sníkladeyðirsubstance used to kill parasites
Polish środek pasożytobójczy
  • środek pasożytobójczysubstance used to kill parasites
Portuguese parasiticida
  • parasiticidasubstance used to kill parasites
Russian паразитици́д
  • паразитици́д (paraziticíd)substance used to kill parasites
Spanish parasiticida
  • parasiticidasubstance used to kill parasites
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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