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  • adjective Not hatchable.

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un- +‎ hatchable

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Examples

  • Recently, there have been stories about volunteers coating eggs in the nests of Canada Geese with vegetable oil, rendering them unhatchable without setting off another round of egg-laying by the females, would happen if the eggs were removed or destroyed.

    Putting Plainfield's Canada Geese on the Pill? Dan 2007

  • Recently, there have been stories about volunteers coating eggs in the nests of Canada Geese with vegetable oil, rendering them unhatchable without setting off another round of egg-laying by the females, would happen if the eggs were removed or destroyed.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Dan 2007

  • Councilman James Odd says OvoControl-P, a drug that renders pigeon eggs unhatchable, could help to thin out the pesky birds and thus the droppings they leave behind inside the terminals where they like to nest.

    Councilman Wants Birth Control for Pigeons | Impact Lab 2007

  • A Councilman from NY is proposing a unique solution to the areas pigeon problem: By putting the birds on birth control: Councilman James Odd says OvoControl-P, a drug that renders pigeon eggs unhatchable, could help to thin out the pesky birds and thus the droppings they leave behind inside the terminals where they like to nest.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • A Councilman from NY is proposing a unique solution to the areas pigeon problem: By putting the birds on birth control: Councilman James Odd says OvoControl-P, a drug that renders pigeon eggs unhatchable, could help to thin out the pesky birds and thus the droppings they leave behind inside the terminals where they like to nest.

    Birth Control For Pigeons? 2007

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