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pupacide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pu-pacide
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any pesticide that attacks the pupal stage of an insect

Etymology

From pupa + -cide.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pupacides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

larvacide

Questions

What does pupacide mean?
Any pesticide that attacks the pupal stage of an insect
Where does pupacide come from?
From pupa + -cide.

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