bovicidal

English

Etymology

From bovicide +‎ -al.

Adjective

bovicidal (comparative more bovicidal, superlative most bovicidal)

1. Pertaining or inclined to bovicide.
   • 1964, The School Dropout, National Education Association, page 100:

     But if the social scientists and educators undertake such a project jointly in a spirit of experimentation and with bovicidal collaboration against the accumulated sacred cows, the possibilities of success are greatly enhanced.

   • 1980, Bernard S. Jackson, “History, Dogmatics and Halakhah”, in Jewish Law in Legal History and the Modern World, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 5:

     Particular rules: a famous, and much discussed, example from Biblical law is the rule relating to the bovicidal ox: Exodus 21:35, in terms of content, is identical to paragraph 53 of the laws of Eshnunna.

   • 2015, Elaine Adler Goodfriend, “Leviticus 22:24: A Prohibition of Gelding for the Land of Israel?”, in Roy E. Gane, Ada Taggar-Cohen, editors, Current Issues in Priestly and Related Literature: The Legacy of Jacob Milgrom and Beyond, SBL Press, →ISBN, page 72:

     Exodus 21:28–36 deals with cases involving cattle that are homicidal or bovicidal.