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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

culicidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
culi-ci-dal
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That kills mosquitos

Etymology

From Culex (Latin culex) + -icidal.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

mosquitocidal

Questions

What does culicidal mean?
That kills mosquitos
Where does culicidal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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