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INSECT POWDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical used to kill insects
Synonyms:
insect powder; insecticide
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("insect powder" is a kind of...):
pesticide (a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects))
Meronyms (substance of "insect powder"):
arsenic; As; atomic number 33 (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insect powder"):
pyrethrum (made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants)
DDT; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972)
larvacide (an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects)
lead arsenate (a poisonous white solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an insecticide)
lindane (a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide)
Malathion (a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites)
organophosphate (an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system)
parathion (a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide)
Paris green (a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate)
rotenone (a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube)
