Felinicide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of a cat. countable, nonce-word, uncountable

    "Care killed the cat, for instance ; but Care was not guilty of felinicide."

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ailurocidecaticidecatslaughterfelicide

Example

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"Care killed the cat, for instance ; but Care was not guilty of felinicide."

Etymology

From feline + -i- + -cide.

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