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Meaning of VERMICIDE

Pronunciation:  'vurmi`sId

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)
 
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 See Also: agent, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ver"mi*cide\, n. [L. vermis a worm + caedere to
kill.]
A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.
--Pereira.
 

 

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