Definition of Vermetus

1. n. Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidæ. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.

2. n. Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidæ. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.

Medical Definition of Vermetus

1. Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube. Origin: NL, from L. Vermis worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vermetus

verkramp
Verlaine
verlig
verligte
verligtes
vermal
Vermeer
vermeil
vermeils
vermell
vermells
vermeology
vermes
vermes
vermetid
vermetus (current term)
vermi-
vermian
vermian fossa
vermicelli
vermicellis
vermicidal
vermicide
vermicide
vermicides
vermicular
vermicular
vermicular colic
vermicular movement
vermicular pulse

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