vermicular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
    vermiculate; vermiculated.
    • vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework

WordNet

Ver*mic"u*lar adjective
Etymology
L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. "A twisted form vermicular." Cowper.

Webster 1913