vermicular
Example Sentences
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His speech was bumbling, his gait "vermicular," his appearance unfetching.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Whedell paused, for effect, and contemplated the vermicular work in the carpet.
From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell
It facilitates the movements of the intestines upon each other during their vermicular, or worm-like action.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
This is called the peristaltic, or vermicular motion.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
Adj. animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy; piscatory†, piscatorial; molluscous†, vermicular; gallinaceous, rasorial†, solidungulate†, soliped†.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
