vampiricide
vampiricide noun: a substance used to kill vampire bats.
Noun
vampiricide (countable and uncountable, plural vampiricides)
- A substance used to kill vampire bats.
- They [vampire bats] roost extremely close to each other and they groom each other—both characteristics that favor transfer of vampiricides between individuals and that make it unnecessary to treat more than a few members of each roost.1986, G. Clay Mitchell, “Vampire Bat Control in Latin America”, in Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research...
- In addition, and related to the increase in extensive cattle raising, the use of vampiricides—substances that are used to kill vampire bats—also has increased.2021 April 15, Manfredo A. Turcios-Casco, Richard K. LaVal, Don E[llis] Wilson, Hefer D. Ávila-Palma, Bats in Time: Historical and Geographic Distribution in Honduras (Occasional Papers; 375), number...
- The act of killing a vampire.
- Some manuals on the proper method for vampiricide give explicit instructions that this stake be fashioned from the wood identical to that used in Christ's cross (though some debate arises regarding exactly what type of wood that is).1977, Rita TheBerge, “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave”, in CinemaTexas Program Notes, Austin, Tex.: CinemaTexas, The Department of Radio/Television/Film, The University of Texas at Austin, →ISSN...
- [Jeffrey] Rosenberg persists in confusing the various means of vampiricide. In one memorable moment, he reaches underneath his shirt to extract an amulet to ward of Dracula’s advances. The audience, as well as the Count, assumes a cross will be forthcoming; instead, Rosenberg brings forth a Star of...1982, Lester D. Friedman, “The Self-Centered Seventies”, in Hollywood’s Image of the Jew (Ungar Film Library), New York, N.Y.: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 239
- Synonyms:
- vampicide
Examples of vampiricide in a sentence
- Despite the widespread use of vampiricide for at least 50 years, astonishingly few investigators have tested whether culling vampire bats reduces rabies virus cases in livestock.2023 April 24, Tonie Rocke, Daniel Streicker, Ariel Leon, “Management of Vampire Bats and Rabies: […]”, in Charles E. Rupprecht, editor...
- [Jeffrey] Rosenberg persists in confusing the various means of vampiricide.1982, Lester D. Friedman, “The Self-Centered Seventies”, in Hollywood’s Image of the Jew (Ungar Film Library), New York, N.Y.: Frederick...
- He’d nearly been stabbed, and I’d nearly committed vampiricide.2009 October 6, Chloe Neill, “You Give Bite a Bad Name”, in Friday Night Bites (A Chicagoland Vampires Novel; 2), New York, N.Y.: New...
- Otherwise, there might be a case of vampiricide.2012 June 5, Kristi Cook, “The Gloaming”, in Mirage (Winterhaven; 2), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 341:
Synonyms of vampiricide
Forms of vampiricide
| plural | vampiricides |
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Origin of vampiricide
From vampire + -icide.
Questions about vampiricide
- What does vampiricide mean?
- Vampiricide means a substance used to kill vampire bats.
- How do you use vampiricide in a sentence?
- Despite the widespread use of vampiricide for at least 50 years, astonishingly few investigators have tested whether culling vampire bats reduces rabies virus cases in livestock.
- What part of speech is vampiricide?
- Vampiricide is a noun.
- What is the plural of vampiricide?
- The plural of vampiricide is vampiricides.
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