serpenticidal

English

Etymology

From serpenticide +‎ -al.

Adjective

serpenticidal (not comparable)

1. Serpent or snake killing.
   • 1874, The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, page 166:

     But month by month the serpenticidal zeal of the population was more and more aroused, till, in March 1873, the number of snakes destroyed was 425,057, and the rewards not less than 5,313l.