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noun
A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncommon, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
