English Explanatory Dictionary

vermifugal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

Word forms

vermifugal more vermifugal most vermifugal

Etymology

From Latin vermis (“a worm”) + fugare (“to drive away”), from fugere (“to flee”). See worm, and fugitive.

Related words

vermicidal
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