wormicide

English

Etymology

From worm +‎ -icide.

Noun

wormicide (countable and uncountable, plural wormicides)

1. A substance that kills worms.
   • 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:

     Sal Tone is a medicated salt tonic wormicide and conditioner.

   • 1938, Report, Bombay (Province) Dept. of Agriculture, page 247:

     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.

   • 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:

     Sizable quantities of livestock dips and wormicides are used—South Africa is a major producer of merine wool, butter, and cheese.

   • 1997, Journal of Non-timber Forest Products, page 7:

     Tubers are given to sheep as remedy for colic and also as wormicide.