verminiciden.
/vəˈmɪnɪsʌɪd/ A preparation for killing vermin.
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1925 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 313/2 During the summer verminicide became a necessary item in the ‘bazar’.
1965 N. H. Johnson Compl. Bk. Dogs (1968) xii. 387 Detergents and verminicides, as well as sleeping and reducing pills, are equally dangerous.
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