vermicular

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His speech was bumbling, his gait "vermicular," his appearance unfetching.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has hence been called vermicular, or wormlike motion.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira

This may readily be seen in the muscular action of the intestines, called vermicular motion.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Adj. animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy; piscatory†, piscatorial; molluscous†, vermicular; gallinaceous, rasorial†, solidungulate†, soliped†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

This is called the peristaltic, or vermicular motion.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin