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neonaticides

neonaticides is the plural of neonaticide.

Meaning of neonaticide

Noun

neonaticide (countable and uncountable, plural neonaticides)

  1. The murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.
    • But critics of the law said mothers who immediately kill their babies after giving birth, a practice known as neonaticide, are usually in deep denial about their pregnancies.2007 February 4, Cara Buckley, “Brooklyn Girl Threw Away Her Newborn Son, Police Say”, in New York Times
  2. The murderer of a newborn (anyone who practices or who has practiced this kind of murder).

Questions about neonaticides

What is neonaticides the plural of?
Neonaticides is the plural of neonaticide.

Words near neonaticides in the dictionary

  1. neonatalogy
  2. neonate
  3. neonates
  4. neonaticidal
  5. neonaticide
  6. neonaticides
  7. neonationalism
  8. neonationalisms
  9. neonationalist
  10. neonationalists
  11. neonatological

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