cockroachicide

English

Etymology

From cockroach +‎ -icide.

Noun

cockroachicide (countable and uncountable, plural cockroachicides)

1. (rare) A substance that kills cockroaches.

   Synonyms: blatticide, (US) roachicide

   • 1890, The National Druggist, page 119:

     “I have tried,” said he, “everything that has ever been recommended as a cockroachicide. […]”

   • 1901, English Mechanic and World of Science, page 252:

     Should be pleased if some of your botanical readers would throw any light on the subject, as really good “cockroachicide” seems to be only with difficulty obtainable in this country.

   • 1979, Ralph K. Iler, “Subject Index”, in The Chemistry of Silica: Solubility, Polymerization, Colloid and Surface Properties and Biochemistry of Silica, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 838:

     Boric acid: lowers sintering temperature, 421 / reaction with monosilicic acid, 190 / with silica as cockroachicide, 752