Meanings
adjectivemuricidal (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining to muricide.
[…] and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of rats appeared to be related to the destruction of tissue […]
1977, F V DeFeudis, Patricia A F DeFeudis, Elements of the behavioral code - not comparablePossessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice.
For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally […]
1981, S J Enna, Jeffrey B Malick, Elliott Richelson, Antidepressants: neurochemical, behavioral, and clinical perspectives
Origin
From Latin mūs, mūris + -cidal.
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APA
muricidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricidal
MLA
“muricidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muricidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricidal.
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