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filaricide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fi-la-r-i-cide
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The destruction of filaria.

noun

A pesticide that kills nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea.

Etymology

From translingual Filaria + -cide, type genus of the superfamily Filarioidea.

Inflected Forms

filaricides (plural)

Derived Forms

microfilaricide

Frequently Paired Words

filaricidal

Questions

What does filaricide mean?
The destruction of filaria.
Where does filaricide come from?
From translingual Filaria + -cide, type genus of the superfamily Filarioidea.

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