1. Matricide seems a high price to pay for a prank.

2. This meaning is found in such words as: genoCide, germiCide, herbiCide, homiCide, insectiCide, matriCide, patriCide, suiCide

3. From ostrich to orangutan, egg sac to live birth, infanticide to matricide, the diversity of behaviors between parent and progeny is as great as the diversity of life on our planet.