vermicularis

Latin

Etymology

From vermiculus (“little worm, grub”) +‎ -āris (adjectival suffix), the former being the diminutive of vermis (“worm”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vermiculāris (neuter vermiculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) a specific epithet of many taxonomic species names

Usage notes

  • Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative vermiculāris vermiculāre vermiculārēs vermiculāria
genitive vermiculāris vermiculārium
dative vermiculārī vermiculāribus
accusative vermiculārem vermiculāre vermiculārīs
vermiculārēs 		vermiculāria
ablative vermiculārī vermiculāribus
vocative vermiculāris vermiculāre vermiculārēs vermiculāria
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