Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

molluskicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mol-lus-ki-cide
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance intended to kill mollusks

Etymology

Etymology tree English mollusk Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English molluskicide From mollusk + -cide.

Inflected Forms

molluskicides (plural) molluscicide (alternative)

Synonyms

limacide

Questions

What does molluskicide mean?: Any substance intended to kill mollusks
Where does molluskicide come from?: Etymology tree English mollusk Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English molluskicide From mollusk + -cide.

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