a. Also vulpe-. [f. next + -AL.] Committing or taking part in, connected with, of the nature of, vulpicide.
The common spelling of this and the following words with -e- is not justified by analogy.
1826. J. Cook, Fox-hunting, 123. A known vulpicidal character.
1844. J. T. Hewlett, Parsons & W., liii. You would be astonished at the immense collection I had of brushes, pads, and chop—a perfect museum—a vulpecidal curiosity.
1865. Pall Mall G., 22 May, 11. If ever the progress of a vulpecidal agriculture should prove fatal to the last of our foxes.
