Matricide

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's
        own mother.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  matricide
       n 1: a person who murders their mother
       2: murder of your mother

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "matricide":
     aborticide, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, herbicide,
     homicide, infanticide, insecticide, microbicide, parricide,
     patricide, pesticide, regicide, rodenticide, sororicide, suicide,
     uxoricide, vermicide