vermiculate (vermikulat)

[L. vermicu lat us, pp. of vermicular i, be full of worms, be worm-eaten: see vermiculate, v.] 1. In zool.: (a) Forming a vermiculation; niculation; fine, close-set, and wavy or tortuous, as color-marks; vermicular: as, vermiculate color-markings. (b) In entomology: (1) Marked with tortuous impre ions, as if worm-eaten, as the elytra of certain beetles; vermiculated. (2) Having thick-set tufts of parallel hairs.-2. Full of worms; fested with worms; worm-eaten. ms; in It is the property of good and sound knowledge to putrify and di olve into a number of subtle, idle, unwholesome, and vermiculate questions. ... Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i.