muricidal

English

Etymology

From Latin mūs, mūris +‎ -cidal.[1]

Adjective

muricidal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to muricide.
    • 1977, F V DeFeudis, Patricia A F DeFeudis, Elements of the behavioral code:
      […] and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of rats appeared to be related to the destruction of tissue […]
  2. Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice.
    • 1981, S J Enna, Jeffrey B Malick, Elliott Richelson, Antidepressants: neurochemical, behavioral, and clinical perspectives:
      For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally […]

References

  1. ^ “muricidal, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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