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theriocide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
the-ri-o-cide
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of a non-human animal by a human.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Actions caused by humans which lead to the death of non-human animals, such as deforestation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From therio- + -cide. Coined by Piers Beirne in a 2014 paper.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

theriocides (plural)

Questions

What does theriocide mean?
The killing of a non-human animal by a human.
Where does theriocide come from?
From therio- + -cide. Coined by Piers Beirne in a 2014 paper.

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