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matricide definition

mat·ri·cide (ma′trə sīd′, mā′-)

noun

  1. the act of murdering one's mother

  2. Etymology: L matricida

    a person who does this

Etymology: L matricidium < mater, mother + caedere, to kill: see -cide

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