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animalicide en · NOUN

Etymology

From animal + -icide.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) The killing of an animal (also used historically and offensively for the killing of a person who is regarded as subhuman).
   • […] a case of animalicide, not homicide. 1919, Journal of Education, page 455:
   • […] nothing under traffic accidents, nothing under runovers, nothing under traffic accidents, nothing under animalicide. Yeah, I guess that Tom didn't. 2021, Patrick Conley, A Convocation of Five, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
   • One French functionary drew distinction between homicide and animalicide. In his opinion, Toqué and Gaud were merely guilty of animalicide. 1918, Herbert Adams Gibbons, The New Map of Africa (1900-1916): A History of European Expansion and Colonial Diplomacy, page 349:

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Relateds

zoocide