English word termiticidal comes from English termite, English -cidal
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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termite | English (eng) | (intransitive) Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. |
-cidal | English (eng) | Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide. |
termiticidal | English (eng) | Serving to kill termites. |