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muricide

The English word “muricide” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Mouse-killing (especially in rats).
  2. Someone or something that kills mice, rats, or voles.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūricīdus (literally “mouse-killer”). By surface analysis, Latin mūs (“mouse”) + -icide (“killing; killer”).

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