vulpicide

American  

[vuhl-puh-sahyd] / ˈvʌl pəˌsaɪd /

Or vulpecide

noun

British.

1. the act of killing a fox other than by hunting it with hounds.

2. a person who kills a fox by means other than hunting it with hounds.

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Other Word Forms

• vulpicidism
  noun
• vulpicidal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of vulpicide

1820–30; < Latin vulpi- (stem of vulpēs ) fox + -cide

Example Sentences

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vulpicide

In such a county as Leicestershire, foxes are not "accidentally" killed, but when so, what bewailings over the "late lamented!" what anathemas upon the villain's head who is suspected of "vulpicide"!

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

You behold, madam, in that young man the moral effects of vulpicide.

From Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Beatrice Harraden

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

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

"Did you say vulpicide?" she asks, with a sweet smile.

From Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Beatrice Harraden