rare. [ad. med.L. cervicīda, f. L. cerv-us stag: see -CIDE.] The killing of a deer.
[Cf. c. 1196. W. Novoburg, Hist. Rer. Anglic., I. iii. (Rolls), I. 30. [Hen. I.] … in publicis animadversionibus cervicidas ab homicidis parum discernebat.]
1864. Webster cites B. Taylor.
