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matricide


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Matricide  \Mat"ri*cide\,  n.  [L.  matricidium  mater  mother  + 
  coedere  to  kill,  slay:  cf  F.  matricide.  See  {Mother},  and 
  cf  {Homicide}.] 
  1.  The  murder  of  a  mother  by  her  son  or  daughter. 
 
  2.  [L.  matricida:  cf  F.  matricide.]  One  who  murders  one's 
  own  mother. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  matricide 
  n  1:  a  person  who  murders  their  mother 
  2:  murder  of  your  mother 




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