Ver-mīc'ū-lar, a.

a. [Fr. vermiculaire, Sp. & Pg. vermicular, It. vermiculare, vermicolare, N. Lat. vermicularis, from vermiculus, a little worm, dim. of vermis, a worm.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion of a worm; as, the vermicular motion of the intestines;—called also peristaltic.

Vermicular work. See under VERMICULATE, v. t.