muricidal

English

Etymology

muricide +‎ -al

Adjective

muricidal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to muricide.
   • 1977, F V DeFeudis, Patricia A F DeFeudis, Elements of the behavioral code:

     […] and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of rats appeared to be related to the destruction of tissue […]

2. Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice.
   • 1981, S J Enna, Jeffrey B Malick, Elliott Richelson, Antidepressants: neurochemical, behavioral, and clinical perspectives:

     For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally […]