[f. L. bōs, bov-is ox + -CIDE; cf. L. bovicīdium slaughtering of cattle.] A slayer of oxen; humorously a butcher.

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1678.  Phillips (App. affected Wds.), Bovicide, a killer of Oxen, a Butcher.

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1832.  Blackw. Mag., XXXI. 321. He had been a Bovicide.

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