单词 | piscicide |
释义 | pisciciden.1 The killing or slaughter of fish. ΘΚΠ 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 1847 Southern Q. Rev. July 80 We are afraid therefore, that Devil-fish killing, cannot be classed among the cases of justifiable piscicide. a1913 J. C. Kimball Ethical Aspects of Evol. (1913) vi. 233 I knew as a Darwinian that the fish is my elder brother, and that piscicide is no more justifiable as sport than homicide. 1963 Times 21 Aug. 5 I was unable to detect any evidence of mass piscicide in the Sonic's track. The only dead fish I saw was a 6 in. specimen. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) Nov. 112 I had a week of sustained psychological warfare with a heron... I could well imagine the thoughts of piscicide running through its reptilian brain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pisciciden.2 A substance that kills fish. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer of animals > [noun] slaughterman1389 dog-killer1592 slaughterer1648 buffer1699 pork butcher1763 knacker1812 serpenticide1817 vulpicide1826 piggicide1837 canicide1852 ursicidea1861 birdicide1866 insecticide1866 horse-knacker1937 pigeoneer1944 piscicide1953 1953 Amer. Anthropologist 55 529 There still remains a great deal to be learned about piscicides. 1976 Nature 25 Mar. 374/2 Under Control of Undesirable Species (Chapter 18), we have a 2-page description..of the new piscicide antimycin. 1996 Audubon Jan.–Feb. 24/1 It had also been used occasionally elsewhere as a ‘piscicide’ to kill unwanted species like carp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11847n.21953 |
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