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felinicide

felinicide noun: the killing of a cat.

Noun

felinicide (countable and uncountable, plural felinicides)

  1. (nonce-word) The killing of a cat.
    • Care killed the cat, for instance ; but Care was not guilty of felinicide.1899 December 16, The Outlook, volume 4, number 98, page 656
    • If he hated cats, there had been a dozen contrivances in the attic to suit the purpose of felinicide.1993, Susan Wilson Younkins, The Needlepoint Clock Mystery, Hagerstown, MD, →ISBN, page 55

Synonyms of felinicide

Forms of felinicide

pluralfelinicides

Origin of felinicide

From feline + -i- + -cide.

Questions about felinicide

What does felinicide mean?
Felinicide means the killing of a cat.
What part of speech is felinicide?
Felinicide is a noun.
What is the plural of felinicide?
The plural of felinicide is felinicides.

Words near felinicide in the dictionary

  1. felinely
  2. felineness
  3. felines
  4. Felinfach
  5. Felinfoel
  6. felinicide
  7. felinities
  8. felinity
  9. felinization
  10. felinize
  11. felinized

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