Definition of "vermicular" []

• Having the shape or motion of a worm. (adjective)
• Having wormlike markings; vermiculate. (adjective)
• Caused by or relating to worms. (adjective)

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• "This may readily be seen in the muscular action of the intestines, called vermicular motion."
• "It has hence been called vermicular, or _wormlike motion_."
• "Mush-on! you Siwashes! he cried, attempting, in a vermicular way, to kick at them, and discovering himself to be tottering on the edge of a declivity."