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.
  1. 1.

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

    可数 不可数

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.

来源:wiktionary