WordNet
n. a chemical substance that repels insects [syn: insectifuge, insect repellant]
Wikipedia
An insect repellent (also commonly called "bug spray") is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod-bourne) diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, dengue fever, bubonic plague, and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include insects such as flea, fly, and mosquito; and the arachnid tick.
Usage examples of "insect repellent".
Squirrels are known to line their nests with cedar needles, possibly because of their insect repellent qualities.
Esau had carried a poncho and an insect repellent field generator, and they'd gone to a cedar grove, to make love in the privacy of its deeper darkness.
In certain seasons insects could be terrible, she thought, and decided she would watch for insect repellent plants.
Toothpaste, insect repellent lip balm, and soap remained at Fifty Mountain.
They were all grateful for the insect repellent, for the air was plagued with pests.
After we'd gotten a landing place ready, I set up the geogravitic power tap for our insect repellent field and, if necessary, our water still.
Barbara undressed and, casually naked, rubbed herself with insect repellent.
Rummaging beneath it, he came out with a tin of bread crumbs, a jar of vegetable oil, a five-gallon jug of fresh water and a waxy stick of army insect repellent, which he passed around.
Lyons took a squeeze bottle of insect repellent out of his thigh pocket and smeared it on his face and neck.
Other men simply used insect repellent and traveled lighter and cooler, but I had my reasons to do it my way.