vermicular

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

There is no telling how vermicular are the wrigglings of mean souls.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

The etched scene of Sikes's desperation on the roof of a house in Jacob's Island, Bermondsey, is in essence Misery itself, vermicular as well as violent.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

It has hence been called vermicular, or wormlike motion.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira