culicide

Etymology

From Culex + -cide.

culicide means any insecticide that kills mosquitos. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Any insecticide that kills mosquitos“Besides the practical work done by Surgeon Berry at New Orleans, the culicide was used satisfactorily in another part of the city by Surgeon Blue, and after that some experiments were conducted at the Marine Hospital at New Orleans.”