Larvicide (Noun)
Meaning
A chemical used to kill larval pests.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The mosquito control team sprayed larvicide in the standing water to prevent the breeding of disease-carrying insects.
- The gardeners applied a larvicide to the soil to kill the larvae of the pests that were damaging their crops.
- The city's public health department recommended the use of larvicide to control the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.
- The larvicide used in the program was specifically designed to target the larvae of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle.
- The researchers tested the effectiveness of a new larvicide against the larvae of the European corn borer, a major pest of corn crops.