ovicide
noun
a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
ovicidal
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a word derived from
ovicide.
Example Sentences
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And none are 100% ovicidal, which doesn't cut it with today's "no-nit" policy in schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unfortunately this chemical has no ovicidal properties, so that a second spraying was necessary to kill the mites newly hatched out from thousands of eggs.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association
