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   Vermin , 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.]
   An animal, in general. [Obs.]
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   Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls.
   Acts x. 12. (Geneva Bible).
   
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   This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a dangerous vermin, used to both elements.
   Holland.
   
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   A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, worms, flies, lice, bugs, etc. “Cruel hounds or some foul vermin.” 
   Chaucer.
   
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   Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in the field.
   Mortimer.
   
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   They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the forest . . . is before them.
   Burke.
   
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   Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
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   You are my prisoners, base vermin.
   Hudibras.
   
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