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Matricide   Listen
noun
Matricide  n.  
1.
The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
2.
One who murders one's own mother.





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... sons of fettered mothers, conceived and born in manacles," cried Yoomy; "dragging them through life; and falling with them, clanking in the grave:—oh, beings as ourselves, how my stiff arm shivers to avenge you! 'Twere absolution for the matricide, to strike one rivet from your chains. ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville


Words linked to "Matricide" :   parricide


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