different between pesticide vs maldison

English

Etymology

pest +? -i- +? -cide.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?st?sa?d/
• (General American) enPR: p?s?t?-s?d', IPA^(key): /?p?st???sa?d/
• Hyphenation: pes?ti?cide

Noun

pesticide (plural pesticides)

1. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pesticide.

Related terms

• pest
• pesticidal
• fungicide
• germicide
• herbicide

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• septicide

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, probably from English pesticide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.ti?si.d?/
• Hyphenation: pes?ti?ci?de
• Rhymes: -id?

Noun

pesticide m or n (plural pesticides or pesticiden)

1. pesticide

See also

• landbouwgif

French

Etymology

peste +? -cide

Pronunciation

Noun

pesticide m (plural pesticides)

1. pesticide

Italian

Adjective

pesticide

1. feminine plural of pesticida

English

Noun

maldison (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) The pesticide malathion.
   • 1977, Victorian Department of Agriculture, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria, Volumes 75-76, page 23,

     Our tests have shown that the maldison/grain bait may be mixed well in advance, if it is then stored in drums or […] .

   • 1985, R. H, Blank, D.S. Bell, M. H. Olson, Insecticide baits for control of the black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus), New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Volume 13, page 267,

     The sawdust maldison mixture appeared to be more effective in paddocks with short pasture than in long rank pasture.

Anagrams

• lamnoids, salmonid