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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERMIC'ULAR, a. [L. vermiculus, a little worm, from vermis, a worm.]
Pertaining to a worm; resembling a worm; particularly, resembling the motion of a worm; as the vermicular motion of the intestines, called also peristaltic.
Vermicular or vermiculated work, in sculpture, a sort of ornament consisting of frets or knobs, in Mosaic pavements, winding and representing the tracks of worms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: New Latin vermicularis, from Latin vermiculus, diminutive of vermis Date: 1672 1. a. resembling a worm in form or motion b. vermiculate 2. of, relating to, or caused by worms

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 like a worm in form or movement; vermiform. 2 Med. of or caused by intestinal worms. 3 marked with close wavy lines. Etymology: med.L vermicularis f. L vermiculus dimin. of vermis worm

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vermicular Ver*mic"u*lar, a. [L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli.] Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. ``A twisted form vermicular.'' --Cowper.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Sinuous, tortuous, undulating, flexuous, waving, serpentine, meandering, winding, twisting, convoluted, vermiform, worm-like, worm-shaped. 2. Peristaltic.