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‖ vermes|ˈvɜːmiːz|
[L., pl. of vermis worm.]
1. Path. (See quot. 1728.)
[1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Vermes, see Lumbrici.] 1728Chambers Cycl., Vermes, in Medicine, a Disease popularly call'd Worms; arising from some of those Reptiles being generated, and growing in the Body. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 203 Observations on Diseases in London... Vermes,..Epistaxis,..Epilepsia.
2. Zool. (With capital initial.) One or other of the primary divisions, sub-kingdoms, or groups of the animal kingdom proposed or adopted at various times by certain classifiers, comprehending worms and allied forms, but differing widely as to the nature and number of the classes or families included.
The term was introduced by Linnæus in his Systema Naturæ (1766).
1771Encycl. Brit. III. 362/2 Linnæus divides the whole animal kingdom into 6 classes... Class VI. Vermes, or Worms. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 225 The following catalogues of insects and vermes. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 418 Linnæus..arranged the whole in his class Vermes. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 125, I arrange the various divisions of the Vermes in the following order..i. Platyhelminthes..ii. Nemathelminthes [etc.]. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 677/2 The group Vermes as used..by Claus includes several distinct phyla, viz., Nematoidea [etc.]. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 579 Other Vermes are certainly unisegmental. |