Definition of "vermiform" []

• Resembling or having the long, thin, cylindrical shape of a worm. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "With respect to the alimentary canal, I have met with an account of only a single rudiment, namely the vermiform appendage of the caecum."
• "The skin of fruit should never be eaten, nor should the stones, pips, or seeds be swallowed, as there is a danger of their accumulating in a small pouch of the bowel known as the vermiform appendix."
• "The appendix is also called the vermiform appendix because of its wormlike (“vermiform”) shape."