Llamacide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of killing a llama. rare, uncountable

    "Tpr. Ronald Clark solved a "llamacide" case by identifying two high school students who, while drunk, shot a llama to death."

Example

More examples

"Tpr. Ronald Clark solved a "llamacide" case by identifying two high school students who, while drunk, shot a llama to death."

Etymology

From llama + -cide, by analogy with homicide (a rhyming word in many dialects).

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