Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An insecticide designed to kill larval pests.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which kills larvæ; specifically, any substance used for the destruction of the larvæ of mosquitos.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
pesticide that attacks thelarval stage of aninsect
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chemical used to kill larval pests
Etymologies
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Examples
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Additionally, unsafe sources of drinking water can be treated with an approved larvicide, such as ABATE®*, that kills copepods, and communities can be provided with new safe sources of drinking water, or have existing dysfunctional ones repaired.
Dracunculiasis 2008
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That means killing the mosquitoes before they hatch with the use of larvicide.
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The use of neem oil as a larvicide for mosquito control is being studied in the laboratory and field trials are planned for the near future.
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Most municipalities, York included, have regularly undertaken mosquito-control efforts to stanch the spread of the disease since it first appeared in humans in Canada in 2002, including monthly treatments of larvicide on local catch basins.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ADRIAN MORROW 2011
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Most municipalities, York included, have regularly undertaken mosquito-control efforts to stanch the spread of the disease since it first appeared in humans in Canada in 2002, including monthly treatments of larvicide on local catch basins.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ADRIAN MORROW 2011
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To stay bite-free, said Brandi Moritz with the Platte County Health Department, residents can treat standing water with mosquito larvicide briquettes, put on repellant, wear long sleeves and avoid being outdoors from dusk to dawn when the mosquitoes bite most.
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Most municipalities, York included, have regularly undertaken mosquito-control efforts to stanch the spread of the disease since it first appeared in humans in Canada in 2002, including monthly treatments of larvicide on local catch basins.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ADRIAN MORROW 2011
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To stay bite-free, said Brandi Moritz with the Platte County Health Department, residents can treat standing water with mosquito larvicide briquettes, put on repellant, wear long sleeves and avoid being outdoors from dusk to dawn when the mosquitoes bite most.
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The pill has already met EPA's criteria to be classified as a mosquito larvicide to help control mosquito population.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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Department could not start sprinkling of larvicide on water reservoirs and marshy areas in Rawalpindi ...
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