vermicide

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noun

Any substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms

OriginLatin vermis →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounvermicide (plural vermicides)

plural vermicides

  1. Any substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms

Origin

  1. Latinvermis“worm”
  2. Englishvermicide

From Latin vermis (“worm”) + -cide.

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Translations

Bulgarian лекарство против глисти
  • лекарство против глисти (lekarstvo protiv glisti)Any substance used to kill worms
Catalan vermicida
  • vermicidaAny substance used to kill worms
Dutch wormendodend middel
  • wormendodend middelAny substance used to kill worms
Finnish matolääke, vermisidi
  • matolääkeAny substance used to kill worms
  • vermisidiAny substance used to kill worms
French vermicide
  • vermicideAny substance used to kill worms
Icelandic ormadeyðir
  • ormadeyðirAny substance used to kill worms
Italian vermicida
  • vermicidaAny substance used to kill worms
Polish środek przeciw robakom, środek przeciw tasiemcom
  • środek przeciw robakomAny substance used to kill worms
  • środek przeciw tasiemcomAny substance used to kill worms
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APA

vermicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermicide

MLA

“vermicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermicide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vermicide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermicide.

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