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vulpicidism

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vul⋅pi⋅cide

[vuhl-puh-sahyd]
–noun British.
1. the act of killing a fox other than by hunting it with hounds.
2. a person who kills a fox by means other than hunting it with hounds.
Also, vul⋅pe⋅cide.


Origin:
1820–30; < L vulpi- (s. of vulpēs) fox + -cide


vul⋅pi⋅cid⋅al, adjective
vul⋅pi⋅cid⋅ism, noun
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