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vermifugal

vermifugal adjective: tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

Adjective

vermifugal (comparative more vermifugal, superlative most vermifugal)

  1. Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

vermifugal meaning in Tamil

vermifugal in Tamil

குடற்புழு ஒழிக்கிற, கீரைப்பூச்சி ஒழிக்கிற

Forms of vermifugal

comparativemore vermifugal
superlativemost vermifugal

Origin of vermifugal

From Latin vermis (“a worm”) + fugare (“to drive away”), from fugere (“to flee”). See worm, and fugitive.

Words that rhyme with vermifugal

Questions about vermifugal

What does vermifugal mean?
Vermifugal means tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
What is vermifugal in Tamil?
Vermifugal in Tamil is குடற்புழு ஒழிக்கிற, கீரைப்பூச்சி ஒழிக்கிற. See Vermifugal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vermifugal?
Vermifugal is an adjective.

Words near vermifugal in the dictionary

  1. vermiform appendix
  2. vermiform appendixes
  3. vermiformis
  4. vermiformity
  5. vermiformous
  6. vermifugal
  7. vermifuge
  8. vermifuges
  9. vermifugous
  10. vermigerous
  11. vermigrade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vermifugal (page history and authors); vermifugal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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