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piscicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pis-ci-cide
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance that is poisonous to fish.

Countable

noun

The killing of fish.

Uncountable

noun

A fish that kills.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A fish that kills another fish, especially out of malice.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Italic *piskis Latin piscisder. English pisci- English -cide English piscicide From pisci- + -cide.

Usage

Inflected Forms

piscicides (plural)

Derived Forms

piscicidal

Synonyms

ichthyocide

Questions

What does piscicide mean?
Any substance that is poisonous to fish.
Where does piscicide come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Italic *piskis Latin piscisder. English pisci- English -cide English piscicide From pisci- + -cide.

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