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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings;
- Example: "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"
[syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vermicular \Ver*mic"u*lar\, a. [L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli.] 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. [1913 Webster] Vermicular work. See under Vermiculated. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vermicular adj 1: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated]