molluscicide

noun

mol·​lus·​ci·​cide mə-ˈlə-skə-ˌsīd  -ˈlə-sə- 

: an agent for destroying mollusks (such as snails)

molluscicidal

mə-ˌlə-skə-ˈsī-dᵊl 

-ˌlə-sə-

adjective

Examples of molluscicide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The biopesticide is the first environmentally safe molluscicide to use inside power plants. —Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022

In 2014, the EPA approved open water use of the molluscicide Zequanox, a treatment made up of dead cells from a soil bacteria that specifically targets mussels by destroying their digestive systems. —Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021

The material could even be distributed to the mussels similarly to Zequanox engineering, which involved a frame and tarp system to pump the molluscicide underwater. —Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Mollusca + English -i- + -cide

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for molluscicide

• acetamide
• acetonide
• acidified
• antimonide
• beatified
• benzaldehyde
• borohydride
• chalcogenide
• commodified
• decalcified
• declassified
• disaccharide

Medical Definition

molluscicide

noun

mol·​lus·​ci·​cide mə-ˈləs-(k)ə-ˌsīd 

variants also molluscacide

-ˈləs-kə- 

: an agent for destroying mollusks (as snails)

molluscicidal

-ˌləs-(k)ə-ˈsīd-ᵊl 

adjective

also molluscacidal

-ˌləs-kə-