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Killdeer
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), a North American plover named for its call, nests on open ground including lawns and gravel; known for broken-wing display; 2.3 million birds, declining, IUCN Least Concern.
Killeagh (song)
Killeagh is a 2024 song by Irish folk trio Kingfishr, written for the Killeagh GAA hurling club in east Cork. Released December 6, 2024 as a B-side, it spent 17 weeks at Irish number one and was Ireland's biggest track of 2025.
Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
Killed Again, Mr. Detective? (また殺されてしまったのですね、探偵様) is a KADOKAWA MF Bunko J mystery light novel series by Teniwoha with art by Riichu, in which high school detective Sakuya is killed each case and revives; a 12-episode TV anime aired in 2026.
Killed in action
Killed in action (K.I.A.) is a military casualty category for a service member killed outright by hostile action, or dying of wounds, before reaching a medical treatment facility.
Killed Near Moscow
Killed Near Moscow (Убиты под Москвой) is a 1961 novella by Konstantin Vorobyov about young Kremlin cadets destroyed fighting German tanks near Moscow in November 1941.
Killeen, Texas
Killeen, Texas: Bell County city founded in 1882 as a Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad town, transformed by Camp Hood (1942), now Fort Cavazos; 2020 census population 153,095, council-manager government.
Killer (Alice Cooper album)
Killer is the fourth studio album by the Alice Cooper band, released November 27, 1971 on Warner Bros., produced by Bob Ezrin; it peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 and includes "Under My Wheels", "Halo of Flies", and "Dead Babies".
Killer Bean Forever
Killer Bean Forever is a 2008-2009 American computer-animated action film written, directed, and animated solo by Jeff Lew over five years on a sub-$1 million budget, following assassin Jack Bean against mob boss Cappuccino in Beantown; it became a cult meme after its 2018 4K YouTube upload.
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor typing
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor typing, or KIR typing, is a genotyping method that determines which KIR genes a person carries, in what copy number, and at which alleles.
Killer Clans (流星蝴蝶剑)
Killer Clans (流星蝴蝶剑) is a 1976 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chor Yuen, adapted from Gu Long's novel Meteor, Butterfly, Sword, whose success opened a craze for filming Gu Long's novels.
Killer Croc
Killer Croc (Waylon Jones), also King of the Sewer, is a DC Comics Batman supervillain created by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan, debuting Detective Comics #523 (1983); a genetically crocodilian Gotham sewers-dweller and Suicide Squad member.
Killer Elite (film)
Killer Elite is a 2011 action thriller directed by Gary McKendry, starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro, loosely adapted from Ranulph Fiennes' book The Feather Men.
Killer Frost
Killer Frost is a DC Comics identity held by three cold-powered characters: Crystal Frost (1978), Louise Lincoln (1984), and current holder Caitlin Snow, a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist and heat-absorbing Firestorm foe turned hero.
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez is a 2020 Netflix three-part true-crime docuseries directed by Geno McDermott, expanding his 2018 film My Perfect World, examining the NFL star's murder conviction, sexuality, and CTE.
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct, Rare's fighting game series (1994 arcade; Killer Instinct Gold on N64), revived 2013 by Double Helix and Iron Galaxy for Xbox One and PC; known for Combo Breakers, Ultra Combos, and the 2023 Anniversary Edition with 29 fighters.
Killer Instinct (2013 video game)
Killer Instinct (2013) is a free-to-play fighting game by Double Helix Games, later Iron Galaxy, launched November 22, 2013 as an Xbox One launch title; Metacritic 73, three seasons, 29 characters, Shadow Lords mode, PC in 2017.
Killer Instincts
Killer Instincts, usually Killer Instinct, names a Rare fighting-game franchise revived on Xbox One in 2013, plus novels by Joseph Finder, the Lars Kepler crime series, James Patterson, Zoë Sharp, Martina Navratilova, and a White Lotus episode.
Killer Joe (film)
Killer Joe (2012) is William Friedkin's NC-17 crime thriller adapted by Tracy Letts from his 1991 play, starring Matthew McConaughey as a cop-turned-hitman hired to kill a mother for $50,000 insurance money.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space, also known simply as Killer Klowns, is a 1988 horror-comedy directed by Stephen Chiodo in which alien clowns harvest a small town's residents in cotton-candy cocoons; a cult classic with a 3v7 video game.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game (also Killer Klowns game) is IllFonic's 2024 asymmetrical multiplayer horror game for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S: three Klowns hunt seven humans, with escape points, cotton candy, and a Klownpocalypse timer.
Killer Kowalski
Killer Kowalski, born Edward Władysław Spulnik, was a Canadian professional wrestler from 1947 to 1977, known for the Iron Claw hold and for training Triple H.
Killer Mike
Killer Mike (Michael Santiago Render, born 1975) is an Atlanta rapper, Run the Jewels member with El-P, and activist; albums R.A.P. Music (2012) and MICHAEL (2023) won him three 2024 Grammys.
Killer Moth
Killer Moth (Cameron van Cleer, later Drury Walker) is a DC Comics Batman villain debuting in Batman #63 (1951) as an anti-Batman protecting criminals for pay; later transformed into the monster Charaxes.
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep (1977) is Charles Burnett's UCLA thesis film, a black-and-white 16mm drama about slaughterhouse worker Stan in Watts, Los Angeles; a National Film Registry title (1990) released commercially only in 2007 after music rights were cleared.
Killer Queen
Killer Queen is a 1974 Queen song written by Freddie Mercury, lead single of Sheer Heart Attack; it reached UK number 2, gave Queen international success, and marked a cabaret-styled shift from their earlier heavy rock sound.
Killer Soup
Killer Soup is a 2024 Netflix Hindi dark-comedy crime series, also called Receita do Caos in Brazil, created and directed by Abhishek Chaubey. Eight episodes star Konkona Sen Sharma and Manoj Bajpayee in a double role, loosely based on a 2017 Telangana murder case.
Killer sudoku
Killer sudoku, also samunamupure, sumdoku or addoku, is a Sudoku variant with dashed cages whose digits sum to a corner clue without repeats; created by Tetsuya Nishio from Miyuki Nisawa's idea, first printed by The Times on 31 August 2005.
Killer Whale (2026 film)
Killer Whale (2026) is an Australian survival thriller directed by Jo-Anne Brechin, starring Virginia Gardner and Mel Jarnson as friends trapped by the escaped orca Ceto; released by Lionsgate January 16, 2026, 89 minutes, poorly reviewed.
Killer yeast
Killer yeast: yeast strains, notably Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that secrete virally encoded protein toxins lethal to sensitive yeasts while immune to their own; used in wine, biocontrol, and diagnostics.
Killer7
Killer7 (killer7) is a 2005 cel-shaded action-adventure game by Grasshopper Manufacture and Capcom, directed by Suda51, starring assassin Harman Smith's seven personalities fighting the Heaven Smiles; Metacritic 74 on GameCube, remastered for PC.