a. [f. next + -AL.] Of the nature of a vermicide; destructive to worms; anthelmintic; also poetic = Verminicidal. (In recent Dicts.)
1862. The House that Jack Built, in Times-Picayune, 3 Aug., 2/4.
| The harrying hounds whose braggart bark and stir | |
| Arched the lithe spine and reared the indignant fur | |
| Of Puss, that with sharp vermicidal claw | |
| Struck the weird rat. |
1908. Arkansas Gaz., 17 Feb., 7/1. It is possible that some good effects may be derived from the vermicidal action of the drugs [for the tapeworm in lambs].
