Talk:araneicide

RFV discussion: June–October 2012

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araneicide

Substance that kills a spider. Seems like a "book word", vanishingly rare. Equinox ◑ 21:16, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

• However, the word is found in a scientific article, Masked Chafers, Cyclopcephala pasadenae, Casey (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), are Poisonous to Spiders, in the journal The Coleopterists Bulletin, published by the Coleopterists Society. It is also found in a PhD thesis entitled The life history and behaviour of the subsocial amaurobioid spider Badumna candida. Additionally, one can find the French version of the word here, denoting its similarity to insecticide, and here, an older French arthropod study entitled Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particuliere, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Rare? Of course. The word has been found in English and French, as old as a public-domain French study and as recent as a 1992 study of Coleoptera toxin.—Giant Squid_Talk 22:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

French would be aranéicide unless I'm mistaken. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:49, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you're correct, which is why I said French version. It can be found here and here, exactly as you spell it. I was using the French version as a way of substantiating the word's existence.—Giant Squid_Talk 22:53, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Well, good research, and I think we have some rule that accepts anything that's been in a sci paper. We should flag it as rare, at least, though. Equinox ◑ 22:54, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

That's very reasonable. —Giant Squid_Talk 22:55, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

May I remove the tag then?—Giant Squid_Talk 23:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Leave it for now, because we usually have to find three suitable citations. (The "one mention in a scientific paper" might overrule this, but just be patient.) Equinox ◑ 23:09, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Alright.—Giant Squid_Talk 23:10, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

One use in a journal is no longer sufficient for inclusion (see Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2010-11/Attestation in academic journals), but because it is used (rather than mentioned) in that journal, we only have to find two more uses. - -sche (discuss) 03:16, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

RFV-failed. Each sense had only one citation. - -sche (discuss) 20:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)