Look up: Repellent

1. Repellent
   A chemical which has the property of inducing avoidance by a particular pest due to unpleasant odour, colour, taste or mechanical effect e.g. substances used to repel ticks, chiggers, gnats, flies, mosquitoes and fleas.
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2. repellent
   [adj] - incapable of absorbing or mixing with 2. [n] - a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water 3. [n] - a chemical substance that repels animals 4. [n] - the power to repel
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3. repellent
   Substance used mainly to repel blood sucking insects in order to protect man and animals. Note: This term may also be used for substances used to repel mammals, birds, rodents, mites, plant pests, etc.
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4. repellent
   serving or tending to drive away or ward off...often used in combination(a mosquito-repellent spray) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a substance so obnoxious to animal life,more particularly to insects,birds and mammalia,that it deters attack on ...
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5. Repellent
   Re·pel'lent (-l e nt) adjective [ Latin repellens , -entis , present participle ] Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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6. Repellent
   Re·pel'lent noun 1. That which repels. 2. (Medicine) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison. 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
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7. repellent
   1. That which repels. ... 2. <medicine> A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. ... 3. A kind of waterproof cloth. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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8. repellent
   resistant adjective incapable of absorbing or mixing with; `a water-repellent fabric`; `plastic highly resistant to steam and water`
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9. repellent
   repellant noun the power to repel; `she knew many repellents to his advances`
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10. repellent
    repellant noun a chemical substance that repels animals
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11. repellent
    (re-pel´әnt) able to repel or drive off. an agent that so acts.
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12. Repellent
    • (n.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. • (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth. • (n.) That which repels. • (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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13. repellent
    (from the article `chemoreception`) At least four classes of chemicals are recognized that affect feeding behaviour: (1) attractants: odours eliciting movement toward the source; (2) ... ...fish and swim toward it. In the hope that some chemicals besides those naturally occurring could repel sharks from swimmers, considerable effort ......
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14. repellent
    Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-pel′ĕnt Definitions: 1. Capable of driving off or repelling; repulsive. 2. An agent that drives away or prevents annoyance or irritation by insect pests. 3. An astringent or other agent that reduces swelling.
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15. repellent
    Anything whose smell, taste, or other properties discourages nearby creatures. Insect repellent is usually a chemical substance that keeps, for example, mosquitoes at bay; natural substances include citronella, lavender oil, and eucalyptus oils. A device that emits ultrasound waves is also claimed to repel insects and small mammals
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16. Repellent
    A chemical or biological agent that makes unattractive to pests a habit, food source or other site ordinarily sought and frequented.
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