vermiclen.
/ˈvəːmɪk(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > red or scarlet
vermicle1382
vermiliona1425
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxviii. 23 A worcher with nedlis, of iacynct, and purpur, reed clooth [altered from vermycle], and bijs.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxix. 1.
2. Biology. 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
cranet1577
wormling1605
wormlet1611
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
niteOE
wormOE
grubc1420
canker1440
caterpillarc1440
cankerworm1530
mad1573
bug1594
blote1657
vermicle1657
hexapod1668
grub-worm1752
truffle-worm1753
larva1768
larve1822
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Eee2v A certain insect, or fly, or vermicle.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 426 A little Vermicle, as small as a Mite.
1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 353 The Vermicles [of Ants]..in a few Days infold themselves in a soft silken kind of Tissue.
1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 76 The next..Exercise belonging to the working Ants, is feeding the Maggots or Vermicles.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 808 Vermicles or the larves of insects have at times been found in the open ulcer of a cancer.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 649 An egg, which gives rise to a minute vermicle or larve.
1880 Nature 11 Mar. 453/2 The bodies thus evolved simulate worms so closely..that Gaule styles them ‘Würmchen’ which may be translated vermicles.
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