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MATRICIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does matricide mean?
• MATRICIDE (noun)
The noun MATRICIDE has 2 senses:
1. a person who murders their mother
2. the murder of your mother
Familiarity information: MATRICIDE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who murders their mother
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("matricide" is a kind of...):
parricide (someone who kills his or her parent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The murder of your mother
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("matricide" is a kind of...):
parricide (the murder of your own father or mother)
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