vermiculation

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vermiculātiōnem, from vermiculor (“to be worm-eaten, to be wormy”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). The Latin verb is from vermis (“worm”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəmɪkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ (General American) IPA(key): /vɚˌmɪkjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /-kjə-/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: ver‧mi‧cu‧lat‧ion === Noun === vermiculation (countable and uncountable, plural vermiculations) (obsolete, rare) The process of being turned into a worm. The state of being infested or consumed by worms. A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc. [from early 17th c.] (physiology, dated) Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”). ==== Derived terms ==== biovermiculation ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === vermiculation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia