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单词 macropicide
释义

macropiciden.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: macropodid adj., Latin Macropus , -icide comb. form1.
Etymology: < macrop- (in macropodid adj. or its etymon scientific Latin Macropus) + -icide comb. form1. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ̆krǫ·grăfi) /mæˈkrɒɡrəfɪ/.
Obsolete.
A person who kills kangaroos.Apparently an isolated use.
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1866 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 744 The stockmen..were decidedly the most efficient macropicides.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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