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

• vulpicidal adjective
• vulpicidism noun

Etymology

Origin of vulpicide

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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 Rees, Alfred Wellesley

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 Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)

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

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

I am loth to do it, but wishing to be an impartial historian, am compelled to state that the badger is capable of vulpicide.

From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.