Insects and animals that spread diseases or destroy crops or livestock.
Synonyms
Examples for "vermin"
Examples for "vermin"
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Hal took down the shirt from the wall; vermin crawled in it.
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The animal was reviled as dangerous vermin and a threat to cattle.
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Ye know the saying: 'North are the vermin; south are the lice.
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Then commenced a general hunt, to clear the house of the vermin.
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The mole was draining the soil and purging it of its vermin.
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The following list identifies animal pests that are common to vegetable gardens.
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There is plenty of opportunity for biological control of pests and diseases.
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The camping in the Sierras is ideal for lack of these pests.
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Mere distance from the mainland would hardly account for the pests' absence.
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So they've decided to try and eradicate pests from the entire region.
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In spots, a small ledge offered protection for varmits.
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Too fine a man to get along with varmits!
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"Them varmits are sure to finish him at last."
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The following list identifies animal pests that are common to vegetable gardens.
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Next Friday our talk is on animal pests, and how to destroy them.
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Credit: Steve Hunt Rural landowners learning about how to control animal pests at a Forest Bridge Trust workshop.
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You don't eat animals , but how do you control animal pests like rabbits from destroying vegetables and other crops?
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New research has found that animal pests such as possums and deer may be helping to spread wilding pines through the country.
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Under the Environment Southland Pest Strategy, the council are obligated to actively manage pest animals.
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One of the team at Goodnature, a company that designs and manufactures automatic traps that humanely kill pest animals.
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Researchers made the discovery at the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for the Biological Control of Pest Animals Canberra.