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Look up: vermin

  1. vermin
    [n] - an irritating or obnoxious person 2. [n] - any of various small animals or insects that are pests
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. vermin
    parasitic insects and worms,and depredating rodents Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Vermin
    Ver'min noun sing. & plural ; used chiefly as plural. [ Middle English vermine , French vermine , from Latin vermis a worm; confer Late Latin vermen a worm, Latin verminosus full of worms. See Vermicular , Worm .] 1. An animal, in general. [ Obsolete] « Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and vermin , an ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/17

  4. vermin
    Parasitic insects, such as lice and bedbugs. ... Origin: L. Vermis, a worm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. vermin
    noun any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; `cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin`; `he examined the child`s head for vermin`; `boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. vermin
    varmint noun an irritating or obnoxious person
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Vermin
    `Vermin` is a term applied to various species regarded as pests or nuisances, and especially to those associated with the carrying of disease. Since the term is defined in relation to human activities, which species are included will vary from area to area and even person to person. The term itself derives from the Latin vermis, meaning worm, and originally had reference to the vermiform larvae of certain insects, many of which infest foodstuffs....
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin

  8. vermin
    (vur´min) an external animal parasite; such parasites collectively.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  9. Vermin
    • (n. sing. & pl.) An animal, in general. • (n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings. • (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. vermin
    Parasitic insects, such as lice and bedbugs. [L. vermis, a worm]
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  11. vermin
    1. an irritating or obnoxious person
    2. any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats

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