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cervicide

cervicide noun: the killing of deer.

Noun

cervicide (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The killing of deer.

Origin of cervicide

Latin cervus (“deer”) + -cide, from the combining form of the Latin verb caedō (“to kill”).

Questions about cervicide

What does cervicide mean?
Cervicide means the killing of deer.
What part of speech is cervicide?
Cervicide is a noun.

Words near cervicide in the dictionary

  1. cervices
  2. cervices uteri
  3. cervices uterorum
  4. cervici-
  5. cervicicardiac
  6. cervicide
  7. cervicites
  8. cervicitides
  9. cervicitis
  10. cervico-
  11. cervicoapical

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