ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Vulpicide

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈvʌlpɪsaɪd/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Vulpicide is a noun meaning Someone who kills foxes other than by hunting them with hounds.

Meaning

Someone who kills foxes other than by hunting them with hounds.

More Meanings

  1. The killing of a fox

Example Sentences

Some of the foxes found dead on railway lines, by the way, have been put there after death by vulpicides.
‘Seven months I've been worriting my guts out in London, and all on the off-chance of getting a seat in the office of that sanctimonious old vulpicide.’

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vulpecide, vulpicidism, lupicide, vulpid, vulpine, wolfing.

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