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- ovicide (1)[ovicide 词源字典]
- "The killing of sheep", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From ovi- + -cide.[ovicide etymology, ovicide origin, 英语词源]
- ovicide (2)
- "An agent that kills or destroys eggs or ova, especially those of insects, mites, or other pests or parasites", 1920s. From ovi- + -cide, after ovicidal.
- ovicide (3)
- "The killing or destroying of eggs or ova", 1980s. From ovi- + -cide. Compare earlier ovicide.