ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Muricidal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Muricidal is an adjective meaning Pertaining to muricide.

Meaning

Pertaining to muricide.

More Meanings

  1. Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice.

Example Sentences

[…] and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of rats appeared to be related to the destruction of tissue […]
For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include murderous, muramic, felicidal, homicidal, manslaughterous, mutilatory.

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