| 释义 |
leporicide rare.
[f. L. lepor(i)-, lepus hare + -cide 1, 2.]
1. A killer of hares.
1788Burke Corr. (1844) III. 77 If he could pay the duty..he would cut off every soul of all the hares in the country..He will depute a gamekeeper; and then, lo you! he executes all his threats by deputy, and by deputy becomes a leporicide and a gentleman.
2. The killing of hares.
1914W. de Morgan When Ghost meets Ghost i. xviii. 200, I..went..dreading that I should find Achilles [a dog] awaiting applause for an achievement in—in leporicide, I suppose. |