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sororicide

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so⋅ror⋅i⋅cide

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

Related forms:
so⋅ror⋅i⋅cid⋅al, adjective
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so·ror·i·cide   (sə-rôr'ĭ-sīd', -rŏr'-)   
n.  

  1. The killing of one's sister.

  2. One who kills one's own sister.


[Latin soror, sister; see swesor- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]
so·ror'i·cid'al (-sīd'l) adj.
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