sororicide

 [suh-rawr-uh-sahyd, -ror-]  

so·ror·i·cide

   [suh-rawr-uh-sahyd, -ror-]
noun
1.
a person who kills his or her sister.
2.
the act of killing one's own sister.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin sorōricīda one who kills his sister, -cīdium the act of killing one's sister, equivalent to sorōr- (stem of soror) sister + -cīda, -cīdium -cide

Related forms
so·ror·i·cid·al, adjective
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sororicide (səˈrɒrɪˌsaɪd)
 
—n
1.  the act of killing one's own sister
2.  a person who kills his or her sister
 
[C17: from Latin sorōricīda one who murders his sister, from soror sister + caedere to slay]
 
sorori'cidal
 
—adj

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