leporiciden.
rare.
1. A killer of hares.
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1788 E. Burke 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.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [noun]
slaughtera1300
to make larder ofa1330
murdering?a1475
fall1575
butchering1609
ovicide1828
felicide1832
poultrycide1841
piscicide1847
vealing1847
kill1850
slaughterage1854
birdicide1862
apricide1864
insecticide1865
vulpicidism1865
vulpicide1873
serpenticide1882
tauricide1882
vaccicide1887
leporicide1914
culling1938
cull1958
1914 W. 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.
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