wormer

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noun

Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal.

UncommonScrabble 11

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nounwormer (countable and uncountable, plural wormers)

plural wormers

  1. countableuncountableDewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal.
  2. countableuncountableVermicide, any substance used to kill worms.

    If demand for the herbs is high we can add more wormers to the lobby and basement.

    2007 February 5, Rick Moranis, “12 Rms, 8 Bths, 38 Wind Turbines”, in New York Times
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    Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides

    2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian

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“wormer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wormer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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