killing insect eggssheep-killing
Substance intended to kill eggs.
(o´vĭ-sīd) an agent destructive to eggs, such as of parasites.
A pesticide toxicant for insect or mite eggs. Usually restricted to action on eggs of phytophagous mites e.g. red spider mite. The word is almost universally accepted in this sense, but in classical terminology it should mean 'sheep (Latin, ovis)-killer' and that an egg-killer should be 'ovacide'.
ovicide 1. An agent destructive to eggs; such as, of parasites. 2. A chemical agent that kills eggs; especially, the eggs of insects.
a substance or preparation, esp. an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.