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vermi-|ˈvɜːmɪ|
comb. form of L. vermi-s (cf. vermes), used in various words, as vermicide, vermiform a., vermifuge, vermiparous a., etc.; also as a base in a few other terms, as verˈmiceous a., of or pertaining to worms; wormy (Webster, 1847); verˈmicious a. = prec. (Craig, 1849); ˈvermidom [cf. L. dom-us house] Zool. (see quots.); verˈmiferous a. [-ferous], producing worms; verˈmigerous a. [-gerous], infested with intestinal worms.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. v. 242 The ova undergo their development..in masses of gelatinous matter which adhere to the tubes of the *vermidom in Protula. 1894Jrnl. Marine Zool. May 57 The examples..were not all from the same cluster of tubes or vermidom.
1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. x. (1857) 206 Many a half-hour have I spent beside it,..watching its numerous inhabitants,—insect, reptilian, and *vermiferous.
1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 129 The inexperienced mother is recommended to give..cakes and puddings tainted with Tansy to her *vermigerous child. 1860Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) XXI. 974/1 It must not..be concluded, that..every individual [animal] is vermigerous. |