muricide

English

Etymology

From Latin mūs +‎ -icide.

Noun

muricide (uncountable)

1. mouse-killing in rats.
   • 1977, Israel Hanin, Earl Usdin, Animal Models in Psychiatry and Neurology:

     The mechanism of muricide behavior probably involves a discrete area of the brain, the amygdala.

   • 1984, Stephen T Mason, Catecholamines and Behaviour:

     This was generally supported by Banerjee (1974) who found that two injections of 200 ng 6-OHDA intraventricularly failed to reduce muricide in rats […]

Derived terms

• muricidal

Anagrams

• dicerium