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birdicide

birdicide noun: the act or practice of killing birds.

Noun

birdicide (uncountable)

  1. The act or practice of killing birds.
    • Nowadays one reads in the papers a great many letters from indignant naturalists complaining of the wanton extermination of thrushes and blackbirds, and the consequent plagues of beetles, caterpillars, and what not, and demanding the life of any gardener or farmer guilty of such birdicide.2000, Evelyn H. Pollard, The Birds of My Parish

Origin of birdicide

From bird + -icide.

Questions about birdicide

What does birdicide mean?
Birdicide means the act or practice of killing birds.
What part of speech is birdicide?
Birdicide is a noun.

Words near birdicide in the dictionary

  1. Birdham
  2. Birdhill
  3. birdhood
  4. birdhouse
  5. birdhouses
  6. birdicide
  7. birdie
  8. birdie-sit
  9. birdied
  10. birdieing
  11. birdier

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