a person who kills a fox or the action of killing a fox without the use of hounds
vulpicide in American English
(ˈvʌlpəˌsaid)
noun Brit
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
Also: vulpecide
Derived forms
vulpicidal
adjective
vulpicidism
noun
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ L vulpi- (s. of vulpēs) fox + -cide]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, karma, myth, tetrapod-cide is a learned borrowing from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in theformation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -cide include: homicide, pesticide