"animalicide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: animalicides [plural]
Etymology: animal + -icide Etymology templates: {{af|en|animal|-icide}} animal + -icide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} animalicide (countable and uncountable, plural animalicides)
  1. (uncommon) The killing of an animal (also used historically and offensively for the killing a person who is regarded as subhuman). Tags: countable, uncommon, uncountable Related terms: zoocide
    Sense id: en-animalicide-en-noun-Cy1JJUDB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -icide

Inflected forms

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