infanticide
noun
the act of killing an infant.
infanticidal
-
a word derived from
infanticide.
Example Sentences
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Surprisingly, these adoptive fathers wind up having as many offspring of their own over their lifetimes as do infanticidal males.
From Science Magazine ● May 5, 2024
Now, Stasiukynas and colleagues have found that female jaguars use similar “hide and flirt” tactics to protect their cubs from infanticidal males, they report in Acta Ethologica.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2022
