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zooicide

zooicide noun: the killing of animals.

Noun (1)

zooicide (uncountable)

  1. The killing of animals.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:zooicide.
    Synonyms:
    zoocide

Noun (2)

zooicide (uncountable)

  1. The suicide of an animal.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:zooicide.

Synonyms of zooicide

Origin of zooicide

A pronunciation spelling of zoocide with an extra vowel inserted, due to the difficulty of pronouncing zoocide using the non-traditional /zuː/ pronunciation of zoo-.

Blend of zoo- + suicide.

Questions about zooicide

What does zooicide mean?
Zooicide means the killing of animals.
What part of speech is zooicide?
Zooicide is a noun.

Words near zooicide in the dictionary

  1. zoogyroscope
  2. zoogyroscopes
  3. zoohygiene
  4. zoohygienic
  5. zooicidal
  6. zooicide
  7. zooid
  8. zooidal
  9. zooidiogamous
  10. zooidiophilous
  11. zooidogamous

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