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

The worm of workers passes three days in the egg, five in the vermicular state, and then the bees close up its cell with a wax covering.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

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

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

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

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.