vermicular

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Looked down upon, their motion seems peristaltic and vermicular, like that of three caterpillars.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

This is called the peristaltic, or vermicular motion.

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

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

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Nobody went around in that day to explain the vermicular motion of the stomach or the upward action of nerve-force, or the psychopathic value of animal magnetism.

From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Eggleston, Edward