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molluscicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mol-lus-ci-cide
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A substance that kills molluscs.

verb

To kill molluscs.

Etymology

Etymology tree English mollusc Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English molluscicide From mollusc + -cide.

Inflected Forms

molluscicides (plural) molluscicides (present, singular) mollusciciding (participle, present) molluscicided (participle, past) molluscicided (past)

Questions

What does molluscicide mean?
A substance that kills molluscs.
Where does molluscicide come from?
Etymology tree English mollusc Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English molluscicide From mollusc + -cide.

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