muricidal

adjective

a) Pertaining to muricide.

...and that bulbectomy-induced increases in muricidal behavior of rats appeared to be related to the destruction of tissue...

b) Possessing the muricide instinct; inclined to kill mice.

For this study, muricidal animals were injected with either imipramine (20 mg/kg), atropine (20 mg/kg), or an equivalent volume of saline intraperitoneally...