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Definition of Ovicides
1. ovicide [n] - See also: ovicide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovicides
Literary usage of Ovicides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"The hormones have been isolated by other researchers from conifer trees, and the
authors speculate on their efficacy as ovicides and juvenile hormones. ..."
2. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1992)
"... APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Descriptors: bacillus thuringiensis;
genes; genetic transformation; cyanobacteria; ovicides and larvicides; ..."
3. How to Recognize and Eliminate Silverfish, Beetles, Cockroaches, Moths by Thomas A. Parker (1991)
"Some of the liquid fumigants have been found to be carcinogenic and are very poor
ovicides (egg killers). Recently in the united States Vikane (sulfuryl ..."
4. Manual of South African Geography: Forming a Companion to the Map of South by Henry Hall (1859)
"... and wild dog alone keeping their ground, and prowling actively as ever as
ovicides on our thinly inhabited sheep-farms, or making the night re-echo with ..."
5. Recognition & Management of Pesticide Poisoning by Donald P. Morgan (1989)
"These agents have many uses in agriculture worldwide: herbicides (weed-killing
and defoliation), acaricides, nematocides, ovicides, fungicides. ..."
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