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Definition of vermiform appendage

vermiform appendage
Vermiform Ver"mi*form, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the c[ae]cum in man and some other animals; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.

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- of the turtle's mouth is camouflaged, and it possesses a vermiform (worm-shaped) appendage on the tip of its tongue used to lure fish, a form of aggressive...
- sometimes called the "vermiform process", notably in Gray's Anatomy The olecranon process of the ulna Eminence Tubercle Appendage Pedicle of vertebral...
- bacteria. Some herbivorous animals, such as rabbits, have a terminal vermiform appendix and ce**** that apparently bear patches of tissue with immune...
- sites from the Devonian with soft tissue preservation. Captopodus is a vermiform (worm-like) arthropod, with over 66 trunk segments each containing a biramous...
- grub-like, with a head-capsule, as in the beetle family Scarabaeidae. Vermiform: maggot-like, as in most species of Brachyceran flies. Campodeiform: similar...
- has converted to a sensory function, while in other species, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs...
- and the collected juvenile specimens share the very large fins and the vermiform arm tips with no suckers, but the iconic elongated arm tips are known...
- parasitic worm of the phylum Dicyemida. It is a vermiform mesozoan parasite that infects the renal appendages of the cephalopod Octopus sasakii. The name...
- known as Rhombozoa, is a phylum of tiny parasites that live in the renal appendages of cephalopods. classification is controversial. Traditionally, dicyemids...
- campodeiform (elongated, flattened and active), elateriform (wireworm-like) or vermiform (maggot-like). The larva grows and eventually becomes a pupa, a stage...