Dictionary

wormer en · NOUN

Etymology

From worm + -er.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal.
2. (countable, uncountable) Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms.
   • Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:
   • If demand for the herbs is high we can add more wormers to the lobby and basement. 2007 February 5, Rick Moranis, “12 Rms, 8 Bths, 38 Wind Turbines”, in New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

multiwormer