Insecticide [noun]

In fact, another study found that sparrows eating seeds coated with a neonicotinoid insecticide commonly used in agriculture lost weight and then delayed their migration.

First, researchers need to test the new version of the insecticide against pesticide-resistant mosquitoes.

Sometimes a druggist will remember selling some poison to kill a dog or as an insecticide.

There are very few data at hand concerning the discovery of the insecticide properties of pyrethrum.

Perches are best cleaned by washing with some liquid insecticide, and then allowing them to dry in the sun.

The experiments prove that all insects having open mouth parts are peculiarly susceptible to this popular insecticide.

Get ready in advance for prompt action against it by laying in a supply of the insecticide at the beginning of the summer.

You feel like a bottle of pickles, or boot-polish, or a tin of insecticide whenever a servant announces you.

Hydrocyanic Acid is frequently used as an insecticide in ships, mills, and greenhouses, but its germicidal power is weak.

Paris green, which has a complicated formula, is a well-known insecticide.