Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parasiticide

/ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-a-siti-cide
IPA: /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance used to kill parasites.

Example Sentences

"Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides"

Etymology

Etymology tree English parasite Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English parasiticide From parasite + -cide.

Inflected Forms

parasiticides (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce parasiticide?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/.
What does parasiticide mean?: Any substance used to kill parasites.
Where does parasiticide come from?: Etymology tree English parasite Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English parasiticide From parasite + -cide.

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