Definition of vermiform in English:
vermiform
adjective ˈvəːmɪfɔːmˈvərməˌfɔrm
Anatomy Zoology Resembling or having the form of a worm.
the larva escapes from the vermiform parent
Example sentencesExamples
- While burrowing, caecilians employ concertina locomotion, lateral undulation, and vermiform locomotion.
- We have presented two models for the origin of the body wall musculature in vermiform bilaterians.
- This mode of establishing the mesodermal musculature likely has occurred in small vermiform organisms.
- The Harpactacoida are primarily benthic evident by their vermiform (worm-shaped) bodies.
- Another phylum, the Pogonophora, are also vermiform animals with a trochophore larva.
Definition of vermiform in US English:
vermiform
adjectiveˈvərməˌfɔrmˈvərməˌfôrm
Anatomy Zoology Resembling or having the form of a worm.
the larva escapes from the vermiform parent
Example sentencesExamples
- Another phylum, the Pogonophora, are also vermiform animals with a trochophore larva.
- We have presented two models for the origin of the body wall musculature in vermiform bilaterians.
- The Harpactacoida are primarily benthic evident by their vermiform (worm-shaped) bodies.
- This mode of establishing the mesodermal musculature likely has occurred in small vermiform organisms.
- While burrowing, caecilians employ concertina locomotion, lateral undulation, and vermiform locomotion.