avunculicide

English

Etymology

From Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”) +‎ -icide.

Noun

avunculicide (countable and uncountable, plural avunculicides)

1. The killing of one's uncle.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:avunculicide.

Synonyms

• unclecide

Coordinate terms

• aunticide (aunt)
• filicide (son)
• fratricide (brother)
• nepoticide (nephew)
• patricide (father)

Translations

Translations

• French: avunculicide (fr) m
• Portuguese: avunculicídio m