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PRONUNCIATION OF LARVICIDAL

larvicidal  [ˌlɑːvɪˈsaɪdəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LARVICIDAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Larvicidal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LARVICIDAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

larvicidal

Larvicide

A larvicide is an insecticide that is specifically targeted against the larval life stage of an insect. Their most common use is against mosquitoes. Larvacides may be contact poisons, stomach poisons, growth regulators, or biological control agents.

Definition of larvicidal in the English dictionary

The definition of larvicidal in the dictionary is of or relating to a chemical used for killing larvae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LARVICIDAL


acaricidal
əˌkærɪˈsaɪdəl
apsidal
æpˈsaɪdəl
bactericidal
bækˌtɪərɪˈsaɪdəl
biocidal
ˌbaɪəʊˈsaɪdəl
fratricidal
ˌfrætrɪˈsaɪdəl
fungicidal
ˌfʌndʒɪˈsaɪdəl
genocidal
ˌdʒenəˈsaɪdəl
germicidal
ˌdʒɜːmɪˈsaɪdəl
herbicidal
ˌhɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl
homicidal
ˌhɒmɪˈsaɪdəl
insecticidal
ɪnˌsektɪˈsaɪdəl
ovicidal
ˌəʊvɪˈsaɪdəl
pesticidal
ˌpɛstɪˈsaɪdəl
seidel
ˈsaɪdəl
sidle
ˈsaɪdəl
spermicidal
ˌspɜːmɪˈsaɪdəl
suicidal
ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdəl
trypanocidal
ˌtrɪpənəˈsaɪdəl
tyrannicidal
tɪˌrænɪˈsaɪdəl
virucidal
ˌvaɪrəˈsaɪdəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LARVICIDAL

larrup
larruper
Larry
larum
larva
larvae
larval
larval therapy
larvate
larvated
larvicide
larviform
larvikite
larviparous
Larwood
laryngal
laryngeal
laryngeally
laryngectomee
laryngectomised

WORDS THAT END LIKE LARVICIDAL

algicidal
bridal
deicidal
ecocidal
feticidal
filicidal
infanticidal
loculicidal
matricidal
molluscicidal
nematicidal
nematocidal
parasiticidal
parricidal
patricidal
prolicidal
regicidal
sororicidal
spermatocidal
sporicidal
viricidal

Synonyms and antonyms of larvicidal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «larvicidal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LARVICIDAL

Find out the translation of larvicidal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of larvicidal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «larvicidal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幼虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

larvicida
570 millions of speakers

English

larvicidal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

larvicidal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يرقات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ларвицидной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

larvicida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

larvicidal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

larvicide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Larvicidal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

larvizide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幼虫撲滅の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

larvicidal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Larvicidal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

larvicidal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புழுவுண்ணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लार्व्हासीडल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

larva öldürücü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

larvicida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

larwobójcze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ларвіцідной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

larvicidă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαρβοκτόνες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

larfdodende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

larvicid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

larvicidal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of larvicidal

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LARVICIDAL»

The term «larvicidal» is normally little used and occupies the 125.283 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LARVICIDAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «larvicidal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «larvicidal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about larvicidal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LARVICIDAL»

Discover the use of larvicidal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to larvicidal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Studies in Natural Products Chemistry
39 19.4 – – Larvicidal (third instar) [59] 40 NA – – Larvicidal (third instar) [59] 41 NA – – Larvicidal (third instar) [59] 42 5.43 6.56 – Larvicidal (fourth instar) [60] 43 31.47 55.72 – Larvicidal (fourth instar) [60] 44 13.64 19.28 – Larvicidal (fourth ...
Atta-ur Rahman, 2012
2
Trends in Agriculture and Soil Pollution Research
A large number of plant extracts have been reported to have mosquitocidal larvicidal, growth inhibitor chemosterilant and repellent activity against mosquito vectors given in Table 3. Table 3. A List of plants producing repellant, larvicidal and ...
James V. Livingston, 2005
3
Traditional Medicinal Plants and Malaria
Myrsinone Rapanes Larvicidal LC50=2.54 ppm Midiwo et al. (benzoquinone) melanopholes (1995) Myrsinaquinone Rapanes Larvicidal LC50=2.69 ppm Midiwo et al. melanopholes (1995) Thiophenes Tagetes minuta Larvicidal LC50= 3.9 ...
Merlin Willcox, Gerard Bodeker, Philippe Rasoanaivo, 2004
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Biotechnological Approaches in Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens
However, no direct evidence has been reported to link the mosquito larvicidal activity with plasmids in B. sphaericus. Most of the BS mosquito larvicidal genes have been cloned from the total cellular DNA. 3.1. Cloning of Mosquito Larvicidal  ...
K.G. Mukerji, B. P. Chamola, Rajeev K. Upadhyay, 1999
5
Peroxidizing Herbicides
Both modes of action of these chemicals and related ones on weeds and mosquito larvae were compared by the author's group (Ikeuchi et al. 1979). Since DPEs are very important as the rice herbicides in Japan, the larvicidal activity of the ...
Peter Böger, Ko Wakabayashi, 1999
6
biochecmical sciences: health and environmental aspects
Abstract: The metabolites of keratinophilic soil fungus Chrysosporium tropicum were found larvicidal against 4th instar of Anopheles stephensi under laboratory conditions. Calculated LC50, LC90, and LC99 values of fungal metabolites were  ...
7
Chitin and Benzoylphenyl Ureas
Thus, the compound, in which trifluoromethyl and chloro group are substituted, exhibits the highest larvicidal activity among a set of compounds (7). Other series of benzoyl ureas (diflubenzuron, CME-134, and XRD-473) without pyridyloxy ...
James E. Wright, Arthur Retnakaran, 1987
8
Molecular Biology of the Biological Control of Pests and ...
8have attempted to classify B. sphaericus (BS) strains, based on their mosquito larvicidal activity and serological cross-reactivity. Among the pathogenic strains, some are "highly lethal"(1593, 2362, 2297) and others are not so lethal (SSII-I) to  ...
Muthukumaran Gunasekaran, Darrell Jack Weber, 1995
9
Nature Helps...: How Plants and Other Organisms Contribute ...
Parasitol Res 102 (5):981–988 Rahuman AA, Venkatesan P, Gopalakrishnan G ( 2008b) Mosquito larvicidal activity of oleic and linoleic acids isolated from Citrullus colocynthis Linn. Schrad. Parasitol Res 1036:1383–1390 Rahuman AA,  ...
Heinz Mehlhorn, 2011
10
Pesticide Management and Insecticide Resistance
As a result, larvicidal formulations were developed that can provide ef— fective mosquito control in open bodies of water at the rates of l~4 gal/acre. The cost of mosquito control with larvicidal oils today is no more than that prevailing 40 years  ...
David Watson, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LARVICIDAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term larvicidal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Special drive for anti-dengue operations - The Hindu
As a preventive measure, corporation conservancy workers were involved in larvicidal and anti-mosquito operations for many days now. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Tata Steel launches intensive campaign in Odisha for prevention of …
Besides these sessions post identifying the possible breeding sites, larvicidal spray fumigation is being carried out regularly at the plant site to ... «Orissadiary.com, Jul 15»
3
Dengue cases in Davao City down by 40% in 1st half of 2015
Other interventions that the agency provides include the distribution of free Olyset-treated curtains and ovicidal-larvicidal (OL) traps. «Minda News, Jul 15»
4
Dengue in Davao down by half
Aside from the 4 o'clock habit, some other interventions include Olyset-treated curtains and ovicial-larvicidal (OL) traps, which are distributed for ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
5
Evaluation of phytochemical content, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and …
The larvicidal activity of R. hastatus were in consistent with the Hussain et al.[24] who reported the cytotoxic activity of methanol extracts of ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
6
Foal Owners Beware: The Danger of Ascarids
The foals treated with a larvicidal dose of fenbendazole had an average egg per gram fecal count of 1.35, while the group treated with ... «TheHorse.com, Jun 15»
7
DOST focuses on anti-dengue campaign in schools
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is distributing 4,330 Ovicidal-Larvicidal (OL) traps and 109,600 OL pellets to selected ... «Sun.Star, Jun 15»
8
Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn official preach caution after deadly …
“We have treated catch basins in Evergreen Park (and Oak Lawn) with larvicidal briquettes, slow-acting over 45 days. We are constantly clearing standing water ... «Reporter Online, Jun 15»
9
Collector takes stock of anti-dengue operations
... the urban civic body and instructed the officials to take precautionary measures while intensifying larvicidal and anti-mosquito operations. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
10
Jamaica implements vector control programme as Zika virus gets …
“The larvicidal activity to deal with the mosquito at its breeding sites is the main strategy,” she explained. The legislative aspect will deal with ... «Curacao Chronicle, Jun 15»

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