raticide
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Why don't you use a raticide?" his friend suggested. "But, what is a raticide?" asked Kartar innocently. "It is a material which helps the rat to commit suicide," his friend told him, his eyes showing humour for a minute."
- "Raticides are covered by the provisions of the Law on pesticides of 1961 (item (d) of Section 1)."
- "For the second time that morning, Philippe led the way through the house to the cellar, a large canister of raticide under one arm, a stack of cartons, folded flat, under the other."
- "Red squill is the principal raticide."
Etymology
From rat + -cide.