xenointoxication
发音
UK
/ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɒk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/
US
/ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɑk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/
词形变化
xenointoxications
复数
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.
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词源
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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