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† verˈmiculus Obs.
Pl. vermiculi.
[L., dim. of vermis worm. Cf. vermicule.]
1. A small worm or grub; a vermicule.
1694W. Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 12 All the Vermiculi, or Miasmata, which are the Progenerators of the Plague, or Pestilence. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Vermes, Some Authors assert,..that this Spolium is not animated, but receives its Sense and Motion from Vermiculi, or Cucurbitini inclosed in it. Ibid. s.v. Vermicular.
2. A species of marine annelid; a sea-worm.
a1728Woodward Fossils (1729) I. ii. 22 A Vermiculus growing to a Piece of a Pinna Marina. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v., These shells are called vermiculi,..from the fish contained in them, which is always a sort of worm. 1776Da Costa Elem. Conchol. 284 A chambered Vermiculus, taken from Davila's Catalogue. |