Obs.–1 [ad. L. ūtricīda, f. ūtri-s, ūter leathern bottle, vessel of skin: see -CIDE 1.] One who stabs an inflated vessel of skin.
1566. Adlington, Apuleius, 30. That I, after the slaughter of so many enemies,… might embrace … not an homicide but an utricide.
[1879. Lewis & Short, Utricida, one who cuts skins or bags in pieces, a skin-slayer, utricide.]
