Define the following word based on its context in the story. Use a dictionary to confirm the definition.
"Once again it was being put about that all the animals were dying of famine and disease, and that they were continually fighting among themselves and had resorted to cannibalism and infanticide." (pp. 74-75)
infanticide — [Hint: The suffix -cide means "act of killing."]
the act or practice of killing ancestors
the act or practice of killing animals
the act or practice of killing a brother
the act or practice of killing very young children
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the act or practice of killing very young children
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