araneicideとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

araneicide (複数形 araneicides)

1. (まれに) A substance which kills a spider.
   • 1993, James C. Colkendopher, Masked Chafers, Cyclocephala pasadenae Casey (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae) Are Poisonous to Spiders, The Coleopterists Bulletin, p. 41

     The unknown toxicant might lead to the development of a novel araneicide.

2. (まれに) The killing of a spider.
   • 1992, Downes, Michael Frank, The Life History and Behaviour of the Subsocial Amaurobid Spider Badumna candida, James Cook University, p. 270

     [Discussing spider behavior] Frenzy, body-contact unbearable; some araneicide.

関連する語

• arachnicide
• araneid
• -cide