sciuricide
sciuricide noun: the killing of a squirrel.
Noun
sciuricide (uncountable)
- The killing of a squirrel.
- Tree Moss as a Sciuricide.—A man who lives near Templeton has been telling the Times how he exterminated the squirrels with whose holes his land was honey-combed.[1889 April 6, Pacific Rural Press, volume XXXVII, number 13, San Francisco, Calif., page 325
- Sir,—My old friend Mr. [William James] Stillman’s captivating account of his experiences with squirrels published in the Spectator of December 19th, appeals strongly to my empathy. When, as a boy, I levelled my gun at every bird, great or small, that would give me a sitting shot, my...1896 December 22, Edmund Monson, “The Squirrel. [To the Editor of the “Spectator.”]”, in The Spectator, number 3,575, “Letters to the Editor” (letter from Paris), published 2 January 1897, page 17...
Examples of sciuricide in a sentence
- Within anyone’s memory, we had but one vehicular sciuricide, a gentleman squirrel, on an errand of love.1973, Josef Vecera, “Law-abiding squirrels”, in The Conservationist, page 45:
- “Sciuricide,” death by vehicles, happens as squirrels cross highways.1995 October 22, Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Ariz., page 4:
Origin of sciuricide
From Latin sciūrus + -icide.
Questions about sciuricide
- What does sciuricide mean?
- Sciuricide means the killing of a squirrel.
- How do you use sciuricide in a sentence?
- Within anyone’s memory, we had but one vehicular sciuricide, a gentleman squirrel, on an errand of love.
- What part of speech is sciuricide?
- Sciuricide is a noun.
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