tickicide
English
Etymology
From tick + -icide.
Noun
tickicide (countable and uncountable, plural tickicides)
- A substance that kills ticks.
- Synonym: ixodicide
- 1965, Uganda 1964, page 108:
- In 1965, power operated spray races will enter into the battle and eventually every animal in the country will be sprayed with tickicide weekly.
- 1982, Queensland Agricultural Journal, page 282:
- If the supply of tickicides is exhausted there will be massive losses in the beef industry.
- 1983, Livestock Manual for the Tropics, Jamaica Livestock Association Limited, page 168:
- All animals at the farm, including goats, sheep, horses etc., should be treated periodically with tickicide, otherwise they become carriers of ticks and tick-borne diseases.