"wormicide" meaning in All languages combined

See wormicide on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: wormicides [plural]
Etymology: From worm + -icide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|worm|icide}} worm + -icide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wormicide (countable and uncountable, plural wormicides)
  1. A substance that kills worms. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wormicide-en-noun-pwkKCsvG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -icide

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1913 January 25, “Give Hogs Sal Tone and Watch ’em Grow”, in Missouri Ruralist with Which is Combined the Breeders Special: A Weekly Journal for Missouri Farmers and Breeders, volume XI, number 537 (whole), page 6",
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          "ref": "1962 September–October, “Chemicals and Allied Products”, in Chemical and Rubber, volume 9, number 9, Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Commerce, Business and Defense Services Administration, section “Inorganica and Agricultural Chemicals”, subsection “Pesticides in the Republic of South Africa”, page 9, column 2",
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