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Definition of Ovicide
1. an agent that kills eggs [n -S] : OVICIDAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovicide
Literary usage of Ovicide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"ovicide, sheep-slaughter. There it lay—the little sinister-looking tail impudently
perked up, liko an infernal gnomon on a Satanic dial-plate ; larceny and ..."
2. Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences by National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.) (1919)
"... and now has the following in press 1(3) nicotine sulphate as an ovicide and
larvicide; (4) Derris (an East Indies fish poison) as in insecticide; ..."
3. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"... using the 1-1-3 formula, commercial lime-sulphur 1 to 8 or 1 to 10, or a 12
per cent, crude oil emulsion will be found satisfactory as an ovicide. ..."
4. Letters and Extracts from the Addresses and Occasional Writings of J. Beete by Joseph Beete Jukes, C. A. Browne (1871)
"She has been five years and three months out from home. The lamb history has
perplexed me much. If Governor becomes a confirmed ovicide or ..."
5. How to Recognize and Eliminate Silverfish, Beetles, Cockroaches, Moths by Thomas A. Parker (1991)
"Vikane is, however, a poor ovicide and therefore dosages must be increased in
order to penetrate the eggs of certain species of insects, including those of ..."
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