vermĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [vermis], a little worm, grub, in decaying things.
I Lit., Lucr. 2, 899; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186: in linguā canum, id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.—
II Transf.
A A disease of dogs which drives them mad , Grat. Cyn. 386.—
B In the Vulgate, the scarlet worm , for coccum ( scarlet color ), Vulg. Exod. 35, 25; cf. Hier. Ep. 64, 19: VERMICVLVM STRAVERVNT, Inscr. Orell. 4240; Inscr. Murat. p. 114, 2.