vermicular
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or done by worms.
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consisting of or characterized by sinuous or wavy outlines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
adjective
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resembling the form, markings, motion, or tracks of worms
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of or relating to worms or wormlike animals
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vermicular
1645–55; < Medieval Latin vermiculāris, equivalent to Latin vermicul ( us ) vermicule + -āris -ar 1
Example Sentences
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His speech was bumbling, his gait "vermicular," his appearance unfetching.
From Time Magazine Archive
The etched scene of Sikes's desperation on the roof of a house in Jacob's Island, Bermondsey, is in essence Misery itself, vermicular as well as violent.
From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.
That vermicular movement which we noticed in the oesophagus and in the stomach is found here also.
From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean
Mr. Whedell paused, for effect, and contemplated the vermicular work in the carpet.
From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell
Under the microscope, this proved an Oscillatoria, which I could not identify with any of the described species in Harvey's Phytologia: the filaments creeping and twining with the peculiar vermicular movements of the genus.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
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