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▸ noun: The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
▸ noun: (law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
▸ noun: The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
▸ noun: (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
Similar:
filicide,
pedicide,
parenticide,
gynecide,
feticide,
aborticide,
asinicide,
familicide,
baby snatching,
matricide,
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female,
male,
selective,
preferential,
widespread,
systematic,
maternal,
deliberate,
wholesale,
actual,
twin
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