vermicular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vermicular	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vermicular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vermicular adj decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" Synonym(s): vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vermicular \Vermic"ular\, 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}. [bd]A twisted form vermicular.[b8] --Cowper.