vermĭcŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [vermiculus],
I to be full of worms , wormy , to be worm-eaten , of trees: vermiculantur magis minusve quaedam arbores, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220.
II —Hence, vermĭcŭlātus , a, um, P. a., in the form of worms : gummi, Plin. 13, 21, 20, § 66.—Esp., of mosaic work, inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms , vermiculated : pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149: crustae, Plin. 35, 1, 1, § 2.—Of a quick movement of the finger, Mart. Cap. 7, § 729.— Adv.: vermĭcŭlātē , in a vermiculated manner : tesserulas, ut ait Lucilius, struet, et vermiculate inter se lexeis committet, Quint. 9, 4, 113.