What does canicidal mean?
Canicidal means Pertaining or inclined to canicide..
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Pertaining or inclined to canicide..
The canicidal properties of this modern reviver of the Cynophontis [a festival in Argos where dogs were killed] are well known.
Dog Mutton.—The Journal of Commerce, world-renowned for its canicidal propensities, seems ambitious of an equally wide-spread canivorous reputation. It is not enough for that print that poor Tray be killed—it wants him to be eaten as well.
Echoing the canine theme of the new Mexican hit Amores Perros, Bong Joon-ho’s Barking Dogs Never Bite is a dark, twisted comedy about a deadbeat college lecturer who becomes obsessed with the relentless yapping of a neighbor’s pooch — and sets out to silence the animal once and for all. Set in a high-rise Seoul apartment building, the film is one of several canicidal tales featured in this year’s festival.
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Canicidal means Pertaining or inclined to canicide..
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The canicidal properties of this modern reviver of the Cynophontis [a festival in Argos where dogs were killed] are well known.
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