† vermiculusn.
Obsolete.
1. A small worm or grub; a vermicule.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > small
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wormling1605
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vermicle1657
nip-bud1658
vermicular?1691
vermiculus1694
vermicule1713
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > thought to be generated by decay or maggot
wormOE
matheOE
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1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. i. 12/2 All the Vermiculi, or Miasmata, which are the Progenerators of the Plague, or Pestilence.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vermes This Spolium is not animated, but receives its Sense and Motion from Vermiculi, or Cucurbitini inclosed in it.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vermicular Any thing that bears a relation, or resemblance to Worms, Vermiculi.
2. A species of marine annelid; a sea-worm.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > member of > aquatic > marine
sea-worm1681
vermiculusa1728
worm-shell1768
worm-tube1776
a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) ii. 22 A Vermiculus growing to a Piece of a Pinna Marina.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) These shells are called vermiculi,..from the fish contained in them, which is always a sort of worm.
1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 284 A chambered Vermiculus, taken from Davila's Catalogue.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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