About The Word Matricide
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Matricide
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What's The Definition Of Matricide?
[n] murder of your mother
[n] a person who murders their mother Synonyms | Synonyms for Matricide: Related Terms | Find terms related to Matricide: aborticide | fratricide | fungicide | genocide | germicide | herbicide | homicide | infanticide | insecticide | microbicide | parricide | patricide | pesticide | regicide | rodenticide | sororicide | suicide | uxoricide | vermicide See Also | parricide | parricide Matricide In Webster's Dictionary \Mat"ri*cide\, n. [L. matricidium; mater mother +
coedere to kill, slay: cf. F. matricide. See {Mother}, and
cf. {Homicide}.]
1. The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's
own mother.
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