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  2. Avunculicide - Wikipedia

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    Avunculicide is the act of killing an uncle. [1] The word can also refer to someone who commits such an act. The term is derived from the Latin words avunculus meaning "maternal uncle" and caedere meaning "to cut down" or "to kill". Edmunds suggests that in mythology avunculicide is a substitute for parricide. [2] The killing of a nephew is a ...

  3. List of types of killing - Wikipedia

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    Avunculicide – the act of killing an uncle (Latin: avunculus "(maternal) uncle"). Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain (Latin: familia "family"). Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child (Latin: filius "son" and Latin: filia "daughter").

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it; The fourth (if present) links to the related article(s) or adds a clarification note.

  5. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  6. Avunculate - Wikipedia

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    The term avunculate comes from the Latin avunculus, the maternal uncle.. The 1989 Oxford English Dictionary defines "avunculate" as follows: "Avunculate. The special relationship existing in some societies between a maternal uncle and his sister's son; maternal uncles regarded as a collective body.

  7. Penis removal - Wikipedia

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    Penis removal is the act of removing the human penis.It is not to be confused with the related practice of castration, in which the testicles are removed or deactivated, or emasculation, which removes both.

  8. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis is the longest word in the English language. The word can be analysed as follows: Pneumono: from ancient Greek (πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs; ultra: from Latin, meaning beyond; micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, meaning small looking, referring to the fineness of ...

  9. Talk:Avunculicide - Wikipedia

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    The word Avunculicide does not appear in any of the Oxford dictionaries. Google turns up hits, but most are quotations of this article. It's a nonsense word; we should remove it. Gordon Findlay 09:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)