nematicide etymology

English word nematicide comes from English -cide (Killer. Killing.), English nemat-

Detailed word origin of nematicide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cide English (eng) Killer. Killing.
nemat- English (eng) (chiefly, biology) Characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure. Nematode.
nematicide English (eng) Any pesticide designed to kill nematodes (roundworms).

Words with the same origin as nematicide

Descendants of -cide
amicicide computercide culturecide deicidal febricide felicide feticide fungicide gendercide geocide gonocide herbicide infanticide insecticide larvicidal licecide lupicide mosquitocide neonaticide parenticide spermicide vaccicide vermicidal vulpicide
Descendants of nemat-
antinematode nematoblast nematocalyx nematocide nematodelike nematodiasis nematofauna nematogen nematognath nematoid nematology nematomorph nematophagous phytonematode