Also vulpe-. [f. as prec. + -CIDE 2.] The act of killing a fox otherwise than by hunting with hounds.
1873. H. Spencer, Stud. Sociol., x. (1877), 245. Vulpicide, committed in defence of property and condemned neither by religion, nor by equity, nor by any law save that of sportsmen.
1888. Land & Water, 13 Oct., 427/2. Dandie Dinmont doubtless excelled in sportsmanship,… yet his method would be denominated vulpecide in any of the shires to-day.
