vermicular

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His speech was bumbling, his gait "vermicular," his appearance unfetching.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

This may readily be seen in the muscular action of the intestines, called vermicular motion.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Looked down upon, their motion seems peristaltic and vermicular, like that of three caterpillars.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

That vermicular movement which we noticed in the oesophagus and in the stomach is found here also.

From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean