animalicide

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noun

The killing of an animal (also used historically and offensively for the killing of a person who is regarded as subhuman).

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Meanings

nounanimalicide (countable and uncountable, plural animalicides)

plural animalicides

  1. countableuncommonuncountableThe killing of an animal (also used historically and offensively for the killing of a person who is regarded as subhuman).

    […] a case of animalicide, not homicide.

    1919, Journal of Education, page 455
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    One French functionary drew distinction between homicide and animalicide. In his opinion, Toqué and Gaud were merely guilty of animalicide.

    1918, Herbert Adams Gibbons, The New Map of Africa (1900-1916): A History of European Expansion and Colonial Diplomacy, page 349

    […] nothing under traffic accidents, nothing under runovers, nothing under traffic accidents, nothing under animalicide. Yeah, I guess that Tom didn't.

    2021, Patrick Conley, A Convocation of Five, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

Origin

From animal + -icide.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

milacainide
Cite this entry
APA

animalicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalicide

MLA

“animalicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalicide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animalicide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalicide.

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