zoocide
zoocide noun: the systematic or targeted killing of animals.
Noun
zoocide (plural zoocides)
- The systematic or targeted killing of animals.
- Much later, however, during the Permian period, there was a second act of zoocide, one which is less known and less popular among filmmakers ...2000, Dialogue and Universalism
- When the bounty system alone failed to kill all the wolves, the federal government underwrote a kind of zoocide using bounties, trapping, hunting, ...2013, Kelsi Nagy, Phillip David Johnson II, Trash Animals: How We Live with Nature’s Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- zooicide
- Any substance intended to kill animals.
Synonyms of zoocide
Forms of zoocide
| plural | zoocides |
|---|---|
| alternative form | zoöcide |
Origin of zoocide
From zoo- + -cide.
Questions about zoocide
- What does zoocide mean?
- Zoocide means the systematic or targeted killing of animals.
- What part of speech is zoocide?
- Zoocide is a noun.
- What is the plural of zoocide?
- The plural of zoocide is zoocides.
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