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elephanticide

elephanticide noun: the killing of an elephant.

Noun

elephanticide (uncountable)

  1. The killing of an elephant.

Origin of elephanticide

From elephant + -icide.

Questions about elephanticide

What does elephanticide mean?
Elephanticide means the killing of an elephant.
What part of speech is elephanticide?
Elephanticide is a noun.

Words near elephanticide in the dictionary

  1. elephantiases
  2. elephantiasic
  3. elephantiasis
  4. elephantiasis Arabum
  5. elephantic
  6. elephanticide
  7. elephantid
  8. elephantids
  9. elephantimorph
  10. elephantimorphs
  11. elephantin

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