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What does vermin mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word vermin? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300]
  2. (countable or uncountable) Animals that prey on game, such as foxes or weasels.
  3. (countable or uncountable) Obnoxious, or mean and offensive person or people. [from 1560s]
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Out of the water an open seacock still admits moisture, frigid air, and perhaps vermin, so close them.
Mr Holmes, who is also a keen foxhunter, said he provided a service to local farmers by ridding their land of vermin.
They coordinated and conducted an airfield burn of 160 acres, which reduced the safe habitat for small vermin.
Foxes are classified as vermin in law, and their numbers must be controlled, whether by hunting, shooting or trapping.
The hunters complain that foxes are vermin and un-hunted pose a serious threat to farm livestock.
The mesh should then be weighted down around the perimeter to prevent access by rodents or other vermin.

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