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pedicides

pedicides is the plural of pedicide.

Meaning of pedicide

Noun

pedicide (countable and uncountable, plural pedicides)

  1. The murder of a child.
    • Pedicide victims are much apt to be killed by close relatives than are adult homicide victims.1991, L. Adelson, “Pedicide revisited. The slaughter continues.”, in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Questions about pedicides

What is pedicides the plural of?
Pedicides is the plural of pedicide.

Words near pedicides in the dictionary

  1. pedicellation
  2. pedicelled
  3. pedicellus
  4. pedicels
  5. pedicide
  6. pedicides
  7. pediciid
  8. pediciids
  9. pedicle
  10. pedicled
  11. pedicles

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