acaricide

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acaricide

/əˈkɛɹ.əˌsid/ US

noun acaricides

Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks). “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicid

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noun substance which kills acarids

中文	殺蟎劑 /杀螨剂 shāmánjì
Português	acaricida

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@misc{acaricide_2026,
  title = {acaricide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acaricide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}