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Matricide

Matricide Meaning & Definition
Matricide Definition And Meaning

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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