avaricious
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New tactics are increasingly necessary because cattle fever ticks are showing increased resistance to acaricides.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
The program has depended on chemical control with acaricides, pesticides for controlling ticks and mites.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
The most common chemicals, found in 86% of samples, were acaricides -- a class of insecticides that beekeepers use to protect honeybees from varroa mites.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
Vocabulary lists containing avaricious
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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