Meanings
- rareuncountableThe killing of a cat.
Your thoughts consider Ailurocide combined with a little homicide justifiable.
1955, James D[aniel] McCrae, Experimental Breeding; Genetics of the Feline, Caribou, Me.: Caribou Publishing Company, page 83 more examples
As we go to press we receive word of the passing of Senior Correspondent Pussifica T. Catt, by ailurocide at the hands of an animal rights activist.
1993 September, WBAI Folio, page 18It’s been a tough week for cabaret megastar Sherry Vine in her alter ego Keith Levy’s new solo drag comedy: Falsely accused of ailurocide, condemned to the hot seat, defended by the usual celebrity rabble (Edith Piaf, Aimee McPherson, Sally Struthers), and—ouch—branded ‘Kitty Killer!’ by the tabs.
1995 June 19, New York, page 93And one must agree that Monty can be very alarming, especially on the matter of his cat, which drives him into frenzies of rage and fantasies of ailurocide.
2004, Kevin Jackson, Withnail & I (BFI Modern Classics), British Film Institute, →ISBN, page 44Synonyms: caticide, catslaughter, felicide, felinicide
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe killing of a cat.
Origin
From ailuro- (“cat”) + -cide (“killing”).
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