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Vermin


VERM'IN, noun sing, and plu; used chiefly in the plural. [Latin vermes, worms.]

1. All sorts of small animals which are destructive to grain or other produce; all noxious little animals or insects, as squirrels, rats, mice, worms, grubs, flies, etc.

These vermin do great injuries in the field.

2. Used of noxious human beings in contempt; as base vermin