llamacide

L1L1A1M3A1C3I1D2E1

noun

The act of killing a llama.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounllamacide (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe act of killing a llama.

    2015, Gravity Falls, episode "The Stanchurian Candidate" Crimes include shoplifting, teaching bears to drive, a new crime he invented called "burglebezzlement", first-degree llamacide...

    2 more examples

    Tpr. Ronald Clark solved a "llamacide" case by identifying two high school students who, while drunk, shot a llama to death.

    1999, The Communicator, Volumes 36-37, The Police

    would it be considered llamacide?

    2004 May 10, Officer Farva, “If I murdered a llama....”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <20040510174324.08439.00001110@mb-m10.aol.com>

Origin

From llama + -cide, by analogy with homicide (a rhyming word in many dialects).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: llamacide on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.