» insect powder

Noun (1 meaning)

1. a chemical used to kill insects.

insecticide, insect powder

insect powder is a type of:
  • pesticide (noun) - a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
types of insect powder:
  • Malathion (noun) - a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
  • Paris green (noun) - a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate
  • dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT (noun) - an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans
  • larvacide (noun) - an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects
  • lead arsenate (noun) - a poisonous white solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an insecticide
  • lindane (noun) - a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide
  • organophosphate (noun) - an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system
  • parathion (noun) - a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
  • pyrethrum (noun) - made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
  • rotenone (noun) - a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals
insect powder is made from: