vermin
noun/ˈvɜːmɪn/
/ˈvɜːrmɪn/
[plural]- wild animals or birds that destroy plants or food, or attack farm animals and birds
- On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + vermin- consider something
- regard something as
- attract
- …
- infest
- insects that live on the bodies of animals and sometimes humans
- The room was crawling with vermin.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + vermin- consider something
- regard something as
- attract
- …
- infest
- (disapproving) people who are very unpleasant or dangerous to society
Word OriginMiddle English (originally denoting animals such as reptiles and snakes): from Old French, based on Latin vermis ‘worm’.
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