Home › Words › C › culicifugeculicifugeculicifuge means an agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, culicifuge ranks #3,411 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom culicine + -fuge.nounAn agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.e.g.“The “treatment” involved coating the exposed arm from the wrist to the elbow with the alleged culicifuge.” — 1919 June 14, “Mosquitoes and Culcifuges”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, page 1770:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.culicifugal 86% match — That repels culicine mosquitoes. vs culicifuge →culicidal 72% match — That kills mosquitos vs culicifuge →culicid 67% match — Any mosquito in the family Culicidae. vs culicifuge →culicide 66% match — Any insecticide that kills mosquitos vs culicifuge →culicoid 65% match — Any mosquito or midge of the dipteran superfamily Culicoidea vs culicifuge →culicidian 65% match — Any mosquito of the family Culicidae vs culicifuge →muscifuge 64% match — Something which repels or kills flies, typically a plant; a fly repellent. Also spelled "muscafuge" (1844) by Henry Stephens, who claimed to have coined it. vs culicifuge →anophelicide 63% match — That which kills mosquitos. vs culicifuge →