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Vermicular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having the shape or motion of a worm.

adj. Having wormlike markings; vermiculate.

adj. Caused by or relating to worms.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the form of a worm; vermiculate

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm. See peristaltic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Noting limestone, sandstone, or shale rocks from which minerals have been dissolved leaving round holes or cavities which give the rock the appearance of having been worm-eaten.

Like a worm in form or movement; vermiform; tortuous or sinuous; also, writhing or wriggling.

Like the track or trace of a worm; appearing as if worm-eaten; vermiculate: as, vermicular erosions.

Marked with fine, close-set, wavy or tortuous lines of color; vermiculated.

In botany, shaped like a worm; thick, and almost cylindrical, but bent in different places, as some roots

A form of rusticated masonry which is so wrought as to appear thickly indented with worm-tracks. See rustic work, under rustic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings

Word Usage

"This may readily be seen in the muscular action of the intestines, called vermicular motion."

Equivalent

fancy

Cross Reference

vermicular appendix vermiculated work

Variant

peristaltic

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sinuous

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