tauricide
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-cide — ♦ Élément, du lat. cædere « tuer » : coricide, fratricide, génocide, homicide, insecticide, parricide, régicide, suicide. cide élément, du lat. caedes, caedis, action d abattre, meurtre . ⇒ CIDE, suff. Suff. issu du verbe lat. caedere dont il… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Killing and Killers — Anyone who has looked at the news lately knows that the human species seems to have an inordinate propensity for killing things. Similarly, anyone looking at this list of 85 terms relating to killing will quickly realize that humans also have an… … Phrontistery dictionary
taurian — a. pertaining to bull. ♦ tauricide, n. killing or killer of bull. ♦ tauriform, a. bull like. ♦ taurine, a. ♦ tauromachy, n. bullfight … Dictionary of difficult words
taur- — combining form or tauri or tauro Etymology: taur , tauri from Latin, from taurus; tauro from Late Latin, from Greek, from tauros more at steer 1. : bull … Useful english dictionary
tauri- — combining form see taur * * * var. of tauro . * * * tauri combining form of L. taurus bull, in tauricide, etc.; see Taurus, and cf. tauro … Useful english dictionary
