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

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.

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)

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 Browne, Montagu

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

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

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