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A pest-killer is what a pesticide is.

Specifically, the word is an English noun in its singular form. It originates in the addition of the suffix -cide to the English word pest. The suffix traces back to the Latin noun cida("slayer") from the Latin verb cidere ("to strike down").

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Killers of pests and of insects are what pesticides and insecticides respectively are.

Specifically, the ending "-cide" is a suffix which refers to the ending of life. It traces its origins back to the Latin suffix --cidium. The original meaning therefore is the "act of killing."

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Pesticides are chemicals that are used to protect crops from pests.

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Pesticides are a collection of chemical or organic potions that will kill pests on plants, and also any other bugs as well.

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A pest is an unwanted insect/rodent.

A pesticide is a poison used to stop insects eating crops and destroying plants

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a substance that kills a pest

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Bio Pesticides EPA definition: Biopesticides include naturally occurring substances that control pests (biochemical pesticides), microorganisms that control pests (microbial pesticides), and pesticidal substances produced by plants containing added genetic material (plant-incorporated protectants) or PIPs. Basically a Bio Pesticide is anything designed to kill pests that is made out of microorganisms or derived from microoganisms.


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