serpenticidal

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adjective

Serpent or snake killing.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveserpenticidal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSerpent or snake killing.

    But month by month the serpenticidal zeal of the population was more and more aroused, till, in March 1873, the number of snakes destroyed was 425,057, and the rewards not less than 5,313l.

    1874, The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, page 166

Origin

From serpenticide + -al.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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