different between insecticide vs insectology

English

Etymology

From French insecticide, as insect +? -icide.

Noun

insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides)

1. A substance used to kill insects.
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     The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.

Related terms

• insect
• insecticidal

Translations

Anagrams

• scienticide

French

Etymology

insecte +? -cide

Pronunciation

Noun

insecticide m (plural insecticides)

1. insecticide

References

“insecticide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

insect +? -ology

Noun

insectology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of insects.

Synonyms

• (most common term) entomology

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• apidology (study of bees)
• coleopterology (study of beetles)
• dipterology (study of flies)
• hemipterology (study of true bugs)
• lepidopterology (study of moths and butterflies)
• melittology (study of bees)
• myrmecology (study of ants)
• orthopterology (study of grasshoppers, crickets, etc.)
• trichopterology (study of caddis flies)

Anagrams

• Scientology, osteoglycin