ˈvermetid Zool.
[ad. mod.L. Vermetid-æ, f. L. vermes vermes.]
An individual of the family Vermetidæ of holostomatous gasteropods.
| [1860 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Instit. 1859 205 The Vermetidæ (worm shells).] Ibid. Some of the Vermetids assume a looseness of growth as great as that of the worm. |