English Explanatory Dictionary

xenointoxication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.

Pronunciation

/ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɒk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/ /ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɑk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/

Word forms

xenointoxication xenointoxications

Etymology

From xeno- (“From a donor of another species”) + intoxication. The term first appeared as a translation of Spanish xenointoxicación, both attested in an Argentinan research article in December 1948.

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