Vermicide

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermicide
       n : an agent that kills worms (especially those in the
           intestines)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "vermicide":
     aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic,
     bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant,
     chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant,
     disinfectant, eradicant, fratricide, fumigant, fungicide, genocide,
     germicide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insect powder,
     insecticide, matricide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine,
     organic phosphate insecticide, parricide, patricide, pesticide,
     poison, rat poison, regicide, roach paste, roach powder,
     rodenticide, sororicide, stomach poison, suicide, systemic,
     systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, uxoricide, venin,
     venom, vermifuge, virus, weed killer, worm medicine