Definition of Vermiculation. Meaning of Vermiculation. Synonyms of Vermiculation

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Definition of Vermiculation

Vermiculation
Vermiculation Ver*mic`u*la"tion, n. [L. vermiculatio a being worm-eaten.] 1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines. 2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm. 3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.

Meaning of Vermiculation from wikipedia

- Vermiculation is a surface pattern of dense but irregular lines, so called from the Latin vermiculus meaning "little worm" because the shapes resemble...
- drilled or chiselled in the somewhat smoothed face in a technique called "vermiculation" ("vermiculate rustication" or "vermicular rustication"), so called...
- blue-rimmed red spots, white and black edged orange fins, and dorsal vermiculation. The diet of the brook trout is restrictive to the season and location...
- upperparts with irregular paler brown bars and vermiculation. The tail is also brown with paler vermiculation. The wing coverts have some whitish spots. Its...
- prominent. Underparts white to golden-buff, with distinct pattern of brown vermiculations or fine dense spots. Endemic to the Galápagos islands. Galápagos barn...
- which the ureter can be distinguished during surgery due to visible vermiculation which occurs when the ureter is pressed gently. The sign is named after...
- The rump and upper tail-coverts are delicately patterned with dark vermiculations and fine, wavy barring, the extent of which varies with subspecies....
- (Salmo trutta) and the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Pronounced vermiculations in the fish's patterning gave rise to its name, evoking the stripes...
- worm vermeil, vermian, vermicelli, vermicide, vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculation, vermicule, vermiculite, vermiculose, vermiculture, vermiform, vermifuge...
- coloration Hen feathering Imping Pluma porgy Plume hunting Sea pen Vermiculation a Males of the white-shouldered and emperor fairywrens of New Guinea...