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