birdiciden.1
/ˈbəːdᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈbərdəˌsaɪd/ The action or practice of killing a bird or birds. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [noun]
slaughtera1300
to make larder ofa1330
murdering?a1475
fall1575
butchering1609
ovicide1828
felicide1832
poultrycide1841
piscicide1847
vealing1847
kill1850
slaughterage1854
birdicide1862
apricide1864
insecticide1865
vulpicidism1865
vulpicide1873
serpenticide1882
tauricide1882
vaccicide1887
leporicide1914
culling1938
cull1958
1862 Family Friend Christmas No. 51 In France the ‘birdicide’ mania has already called for legislative interference.
1964 J. Gillespie Peacock Manure & Marigolds (1972) viii. 80 Dogs are not innocent of birdicide, but they do chase cats out [of gardens].
2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 June e25 House sparrows..have even killed martins... Ms. Deppe discovered the evidence of one such birdicide this spring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
birdiciden.2
/ˈbəːdᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈbərdəˌsaɪd/ A person who or thing which kills birds.
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the world > life > death > killing > killer of animals > [noun]
slaughterman1389
dog-killer1592
slaughterer1648
buffer1699
pork butcher1763
knacker1812
serpenticide1817
vulpicide1826
piggicide1837
canicide1852
ursicidea1861
birdicide1866
insecticide1866
horse-knacker1937
pigeoneer1944
piscicide1953
1866 London Rev. 23 June 697/2 A charming garrulity far more attractive than the yarn of the venerable birdicide [sc. the ‘Ancient Mariner’].
1997 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Oct. Entertainment The city council wants to feed the feathered fiends Avitrol, a birdicide that triggers ‘wild hallucinations’ in pigeons and sparrows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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