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animalicides

animalicides is the plural of animalicide.

Meaning of animalicide

Noun

animalicide (countable and uncountable, plural animalicides)

  1. (uncommon) The killing of an animal (also used historically and offensively for the killing of a person who is regarded as subhuman).
    • 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

Questions about animalicides

What is animalicides the plural of?
Animalicides is the plural of animalicide.

Words near animalicides in the dictionary

  1. animalesque
  2. animalhood
  3. animalian
  4. animalic
  5. animalicide
  6. animalicides
  7. animalier
  8. animaliers
  9. animalisation
  10. animalise
  11. animalised

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