"wormicide" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From worm + -icide.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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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:",
          "text": "Sal Tone is a medicated salt tonic wormicide and conditioner.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1938, Report, Bombay (Province) Dept. of Agriculture, page 247:",
          "text": "Worms get the upper hand when the balance of health is on the ebb. The use of wormicides when the animal has lost its vitality is detrimental to its life.",
          "type": "quote"
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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:",
          "text": "Sizable quantities of livestock dips and wormicides are used—South Africa is a major producer of merine wool, butter, and cheese.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Journal of Non-timber Forest Products, page 7:",
          "text": "Tubers are given to sheep as remedy for colic and also as wormicide.",
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        "A substance that kills worms."
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  "word": "wormicide"
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  "etymology_text": "From worm + -icide.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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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:",
          "text": "Sal Tone is a medicated salt tonic wormicide and conditioner.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1938, Report, Bombay (Province) Dept. of Agriculture, page 247:",
          "text": "Worms get the upper hand when the balance of health is on the ebb. The use of wormicides when the animal has lost its vitality is detrimental to its life.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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:",
          "text": "Sizable quantities of livestock dips and wormicides are used—South Africa is a major producer of merine wool, butter, and cheese.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1997, Journal of Non-timber Forest Products, page 7:",
          "text": "Tubers are given to sheep as remedy for colic and also as wormicide.",
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