"muricidal" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1977, F V DeFeudis, Patricia A F DeFeudis, Elements of the behavioral code:",
          "text": "[…] and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of rats appeared to be related to the destruction of tissue […]",
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        "Pertaining to muricide."
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          "ref": "1981, S J Enna, Jeffrey B Malick, Elliott Richelson, Antidepressants: neurochemical, behavioral, and clinical perspectives:",
          "text": "For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally […]",
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        "Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice."
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  "word": "muricidal"
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          "text": "For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally […]",
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        "Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice."
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  "word": "muricidal"
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