Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infanticide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infanticide \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticidium child murder;
infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide.
See {Infant}, and {Homicide}.]
The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of
a newly born or young child; child murder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infanticide \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F.
infanticide.]
One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an
infant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infanticide
n 1: a person who murders an infant
2: murdering an infant
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