pediculicide

P3E1D2I1C3U1L1I1C3I1D2E1

noun

An insecticide that kills lice.

OriginLatin pediculus →
Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpediculicide (plural pediculicides)

plural pediculicides

  1. An insecticide that kills lice.

Origin

  1. Latinpediculus
  2. Englishpediculicide

From pedic(u)le + -icide, from Latin pediculus.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French pédiculicide
  • pédiculicideTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: pediculicide on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.