vulpicide
Americannoun
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the act of killing a fox other than by hunting it with hounds.
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a person who kills a fox by means other than hunting it with hounds.
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Etymology
Origin of vulpicide
1820–30; < Latin vulpi- (stem of vulpēs ) fox + -cide
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You behold, madam, in that young man the moral effects of vulpicide.
From Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Beatrice Harraden
I believe that new keeper at Boreham Wood is a vulpicide.
From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell
In the eyes of the Hunt, vulpicide was an unpardonable crime, whether committed by man or beast; and, when the dead fox-cubs were shown to the huntsman, he vowed vengeance on the slayer.
From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Alfred Wellesley Rees
In Leicestershire he would be regarded as a hunting man, while in his own district he is known as a vulpicide, for Reynard is seldom, if ever, found in his coverts.
From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by M. Horace (Matthew Horace) Hayes
Perchance, in time, Reynard may take up his abode with us, when vulpicide shall be punished by real ostracism.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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