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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Vermin \Ver"min\, n. sing. & pl.; used chiefly as plural. [OE.
     vermine, F. vermine, from L. vermis a worm; cf. LL. vermen a
     worm, L. verminosus full of worms. See Vermicular, Worm.]
     1. An animal, in general. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the
              earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls. --Acts x.
                                                    12. (Geneva
                                                    Bible).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a
              dangerous vermin, used to both elements. --Holland.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious
        little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels,
        rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc. ``Cruel hounds or some
        foul vermin.'' --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in
              the field.                            --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the
              forest . . . is before them.          --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You are my prisoners, base vermin.    --Hudibras.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Vermin \Ver"min\, n. sing. & pl.; used chiefly as plural. [OE.
     vermine, F. vermine, from L. vermis a worm; cf. LL. vermen a
     worm, L. verminosus full of worms. See Vermicular, Worm.]
     1. An animal, in general. [Obs.]
  
              Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the
              earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls. --Acts x.
                                                    12. (Geneva
                                                    Bible).
  
              This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a
              dangerous vermin, used to both elements. --Holland.
  
     2. A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious
        little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels,
        rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc. ``Cruel hounds or some
        foul vermin.'' --Chaucer.
  
              Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in
              the field.                            --Mortimer.
  
              They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the
              forest . . . is before them.          --Burke.
  
     3. Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
  
              You are my prisoners, base vermin.    --Hudibras.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  vermin
       n 1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: varmint]
       2: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g.
          cockroaches or rats

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vermin
     n.
     1 (lb en countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of
  small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. (from c. 1300)
     2 (lb en countable or uncountable) Animals that prey on game, such as
  foxes or weasels.
     3 (lb en countable or uncountable) obnoxious, or mean and offensive
  person or people. (from 1560s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  vermin
     n.
     1 (lb en countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of
  small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. (from c. 1300)
     2 (lb en countable or uncountable) Animals that prey on game, such as
  foxes or weasels.
     3 (lb en countable or uncountable) obnoxious, or mean and offensive
  person or people. (from 1560s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  vermin
     n.
     1 (lb en countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of
  small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. (from c. 1300)
     2 (lb en countable or uncountable) Animals that prey on game, such as
  foxes or weasels.
     3 (lb en countable or uncountable) obnoxious, or mean and offensive
  person or people. (from 1560s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  vermin
     n.
     1 (lb en countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of
  small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. (from c. 1300)
     2 (lb en countable or uncountable) Animals that prey on game, such as
  foxes or weasels.
     3 (lb en countable or uncountable) obnoxious, or mean and offensive
  person or people. (from 1560s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vermin
     Englanti n.
     tuholainen; tuhoeläin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vermin
     Engelska n.
     ohyra, skadedjur

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  ongedierte

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  الآفات

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  vermin //ˈvɜːmɪn// //ˈvɝmɪn// 
  1. гад
  An obnoxious, or mean and offensive person
  2. вреди́тел, гадина
  Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  otravný člověk

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  havěť

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  Gesindel , Geschmeiß  [pej.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
   [mass noun] Schädling  [tierischer] , Ungeziefer , Geschmeiß  [zool.]
     Synonyms: pest, varmin, varmint, varment
  
   see: pests, vermin, noxious pest, noxious vermin
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  Schädlinge 
     Synonym: pests
  
   see: pest, vermin, varmin, varmint, varment, noxious pest, noxious vermin
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  
  βλαβερά ζώα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  vermin //ˈvɜːmɪn// //ˈvɝmɪn// 
  1. kiusankappale, nilkki
  An obnoxious, or mean and offensive person
  2. tuholainen, tuhoeläin, syöpäläinen
  Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/ 
  1. कीड़े~मकोड़े
        "Vermins should be checked with insecticide"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  crv (i), štetočine

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  1. élôsdiek
  2. kis kártékony állatok
  3. férgek
  4. csôcselék

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  vermin //ˈvɜːmɪn// //ˈvɝmɪn// 
  害獣, 害虫
  Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  vermin /vəːmin/
  ongedierte

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  vermin /ˈvɜ:mɪn/ 
   1.  szkodnik
   2.  robactwo

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  vermin /vəːmin/
  insectosdañinos

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  vermin //ˈvɜːmɪn// //ˈvɝmɪn// 
  ohyra, skadedjur
  Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  vermin /vˈɜːmɪn/
  1. (çoğ.) vermin) zararlı ve iğrenç küçük hayvan
  2. haşarat
  3. iğrenç mahluk
  4. ayaktakımı
  5. muzır adam, mikrop.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈvɝmɪn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "vermin":
     amphibian, animal, aquatic, beast, biped, canine, cannibal,
     carnivore, cattle, chaff, cosmopolite, cur, dog, dregs,
     dregs of society, feline, gnawer, herbivore, hound, hyena, insect,
     insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial,
     marsupialian, mongrel, offscourings, offscum, omnivore, pig,
     polecat, primate, quadruped, raff, reptile, riffraff, rodent,
     rubbish, ruminant, scavenger, scum, serpent, skunk, snake, sordes,
     swine, swinish multitude, trash, ungulate, varmint, vertebrate,
     viper, whelp, worm
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 害虫;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 害虫,歹徒

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