vermiculousadj.
/vəˈmɪkjʊləs/ 1. Full of worms. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with worms
wormy1600
vermiculate1605
vermicular1655
vermiculous?1691
vermiculose1727
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective] > consisting of > infested with
wormy1600
vermiculous?1691
vermiculose1727
?1691 R. Clark Vermiculars Destroyed 14 Slime and vermiculous matter.
2. Of or pertaining to worms.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective]
vermicular1713
helminthic1755
wormy1801
vermiculous1813
vermiform1835
vermian1878
vermean1905
1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. iii. Comm. p. xxv Otherwise, the vermiculous souls will be portions of human souls.
1819 H. Busk Banquet iii. 462 The race vermiculous.
3. Having a wormy appearance.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective] > resembling or of the nature of
vermiform1730
vermicular1784
vermiculous1818
vermiculose1847
helminthoid1854
scolecoid1858
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Vermiculous,..resembling grubs.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 406 The more prominent part of the [man's] nose, on whose vermiculous top, the Prussian blue mostly prevailed.
4. Pathology. Of strangury: Accompanied or marked by the discharge of worms or helminths.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > urinary disorders > [adjective] > difficulty in urination > with discharge of parasites
vermiculous1822
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 452 They lay a foundation for the following varieties..Spasmodic strangury... Scalding strangury... Vermiculous strangury.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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