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tauricide
tauricide rare. (ˈtɔːrɪsaɪd) [f. L. taur-us bull: see tauri- and -cide.] a. A bull-slayer; a matador. b. The slaughter of a bull.1845 E. Warburton Crescent & Cross I. ix. 169 Cambyses, the tauricide,..and the desert..have left little trouble to the tourist. 1852 Fraser's Mag. XLV. 536 The great taur...
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tauri-
tauri- combining form of L. taurus bull, in tauricide, etc.; see Taurus, and cf. tauro-.
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-cide
-cide, suffix (saɪd) 1. a. F. -cide, L. -cīda cutter, killer, slayer, f. cædĕre, in comp. -cīdĕre to cut, kill, as in homicīda, parricīda, mātricīda, frātricīda, sorōricīda, tyrannicīda, etc., slayer of a man, father, mother, brother, sister, tyrant, etc.; also lapi(di)cīda, stone-cutter, etc. Most ...
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