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avunculicide

avunculicide noun: the killing of one's uncle.

Noun

avunculicide (countable and uncountable, plural avunculicides)

  1. The killing of one's uncle.
    Synonyms:
    unclecide

Synonyms of avunculicide

Forms of avunculicide

pluralavunculicides

Origin of avunculicide

From Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”) + -icide.

Questions about avunculicide

What does avunculicide mean?
Avunculicide means the killing of one's uncle.
What part of speech is avunculicide?
Avunculicide is a noun.
What is the plural of avunculicide?
The plural of avunculicide is avunculicides.

Words near avunculicide in the dictionary

  1. avuncularities
  2. avuncularity
  3. avuncularly
  4. avunculate
  5. avunculates
  6. avunculicide
  7. avunculicides
  8. avunculism
  9. avunculocal
  10. avunculocality
  11. avunculocally

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