EGAVE

vermiculation

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Meaning

  1. noun The process of being turned into a worm.
  2. noun The state of being infested or consumed by worms.
  3. noun 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  4. noun Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”).

Similar words

peristalsis vermination worme vermine worm's food vomition wormfood worm-food vinew wormal

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of and on

Word family

vermiculate vermiculated vermiculations

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