Acaricide

Description

A substance or mixture used to kill mites, ticks, and other insects acarid family. Examples of this type of pesticide are tetraethyl pyrophosphate, fipronil, and permethrin.

Authority

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998