lupicide

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noun

The killing of a wolf or wolves.

OriginLatin lupus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounlupicide (plural lupicides)

plural lupicides

  1. The killing of a wolf or wolves.
  2. A person who kills a wolf.

    This noble proposition was received with acclamation by the assembled multitude, and fifteen lupicides were selected from the gallant volunteers who had so generously and heroically come forward to rid the surrounding country of the dangerous and savage intruders.

    1845 July, British Farmer's Magazine, number 9, page 256

Origin

  1. Latinlupus“wolf”
  2. Englishlupicide

Latin lupus (“wolf”) + -cide

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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