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Chemistry's way of saying your six legs don't belong in my kitchen.
means A substance made or used to kill insects.
from A straightforward Latin compound: insectum (literally 'cut into,' referring to the segmented, notched bodies of insects) plus the suffix -cide, from caedere, 'to kill' or 'cut down' — the same -cide found in homicide and pesticide. The word simply does what it says: it names the killer by naming its target.
- nerve attack
- most types jam insect nervous systems, not organs
- dosage irony
- what kills a fly barely tickles you, mass ratio
- resistance arms race
- bugs evolve defenses faster than labels get rewritten