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vampiricides

vampiricides is the plural of vampiricide.

Meaning of vampiricide

Noun

vampiricide (countable and uncountable, plural vampiricides)

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
    Synonyms:
    vampicide

Questions about vampiricides

What is vampiricides the plural of?
Vampiricides is the plural of vampiricide.

Words near vampiricides in the dictionary

  1. vampireyness
  2. vampiric
  3. vampirical
  4. vampirically
  5. vampiricide
  6. vampiricides
  7. vampirics
  8. vampirina
  9. vampirinas
  10. vampirine
  11. vampiring

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