infanticide

  1. Noun.  The murder of an infant.
  2. Noun.  The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
  3. Noun.  The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
  4. Noun.  (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

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