a. Zool. Obs.–1 [f. mod.L. vermine-us (Ray): see -EOUS.] Belonging to the animals classed as vermin.
1693. Phil. Trans., XVII. 851. The Wolf, Fox, Badger,… which from their long slender Bodies, like to the Weasel, we call the Vermineous or Weezel-kind.
