birdicide

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noun

The act or practice of killing birds.

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avicide
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Meanings

nounbirdicide (usually uncountable, plural birdicides)

plural birdicides

  1. uncountableusuallyThe act or practice of killing birds.

    Nowadays one reads in the papers a great many letters from indignant naturalists complaining of the wanton extermination of thrushes and blackbirds, and the consequent plagues of beetles, caterpillars, and what not, and demanding the life of any gardener or farmer guilty of such birdicide.

    2000, Evelyn H. Pollard, The Birds of My Parish

    Synonyms: avicide

  2. rareuncountableusuallyA substance that kills birds.

    Synonyms: avicide

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act or practice of killing birds.

Similar
avicide

nounA substance that kills birds.

Similar
avicide
Also see
avicide

Origin

From bird + -icide.

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APA

birdicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdicide

MLA

“birdicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdicide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birdicide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdicide.

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