单词 | vulpicidal |
释义 | vulpicidaladj. Committing or taking part in, connected with, of the nature of, vulpicide. The common spelling of this and the following words with -e- is not justified by analogy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [adjective] slaughtered1594 sphagian1607 in at the kill1814 serpenticidal1823 vulpicidal1826 ovicidal1847 insecticidal1857 ursicidal1857 passericidala1876 1826 J. Cook Fox-hunting 123 A known vulpicidal character. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. liii. 262 You would be astonished at the immense collection I had of brushes, pads, and chops—a perfect museum—a vulpecidal curiosity. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 May 11 If ever the progress of a vulpecidal agriculture should prove fatal to the last of our foxes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1826 |
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