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'''Prolicide''' is the act of killing one's own offspring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prolicide|title=Define prolicide at dictionary.com}}</ref> The word ''prolicide'' is derived from the Latin word ''proles'' (offspring) and the suffix ''-cide'', meaning to kill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/prolicide|title=prolicide {{!}} Origin and meaning of prolicide by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>


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It may refer to:
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* [[Filicide]]
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* [[Infanticide]] (killing of one's infant, 0–12 months)
** [[Neonaticide]] (killing of one's infant withing the first 24 hours after birth)
* [[Feticide]]

==References==
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==See also==
* [[Child murder]]
* [[Suicide]], the killing of one's self

:Other '''[[Familicide]]''' killing terms:
* [[Avunculicide]], the killing of one's uncle
* [[Fratricide]], the killing of one's brother
* [[Mariticide]], the killing of one's husband
* [[Matricide]], the killing of one's mother
* [[Nepoticide]], the killing of one's nephew
* [[Parricide]], the killing of one's parents or another close relative
* [[Patricide]], the killing of one's father
* [[Sororicide]], the killing of one's sister
* [[Uxoricide]], the killing of one's wife

[[Category:Familicides]]
[[Category:Killings by type]]
[[Category:Murderers of children]]

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