OVICIDE

Meaning of OVICIDE in English

— ovicidal , adj.

/oh"veuh suyd'/ , n.

a substance or preparation, esp. an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.

[ 1925-30; OVI- + -CIDE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

OVICIDE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1913 an agent that kills eggs, ovicidal adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OVICIDE — ˈōvəˌsīd noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ov- + -cide : an agent that kills eggs ; especially …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVICIDE — n. chemical agent that kills eggs; insecticide that kills egg cells
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OVICIDE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1913 : an agent that kills eggs ; especially : an insecticide effective against …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVICIDE — [ovi.cide] n [ISV] (1913): an agent that kills eggs; esp: an insecticide effective against the egg stage -- ovi.cid.al adj
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OVICIDE — Pronunciation: ' ō -v ə - ˌ s ī d Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1913 : an …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OVICIDAL — adjective see: ovicide
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OVICIDAL — |ōvə|sīd ə l adjective : capable of killing eggs : of, relating to, or being an ovicide
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVICIDAL — see ovicide
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OV- — [ov-] or ovi- or ovo- comb form [L ov-, ovi-, fr. ovum--more at egg]: egg "ovicide": ovum "oviduct"
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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