• (RP) IPA: /vəmɪkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
• (GA) IPA: /vɚˌmɪkjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /-kjə-/

vermiculation

1. (obsolete, rare) The process#Noun|process of being turn#Verb|turned into a worm#Noun|worm.
   • 1658, Edward Topsel [i.e., Edward Topsell], “Of Flyes”, in The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents: [...] Collected out of the Writings of Conradus Gesner and Other Authors, [...], London: Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge [et al.], OCLC 5894574787 ↗, page 933 ↗:

     But yet the queſtion would be, whether Flyes are not immediately generated of putrefaction, and not thoſe of worms. For experience witneſſeth that there are a certain kinde of Flies which are begotten in the back of the Elm, Turpentine-tree, Wormwood, and ſo perchance in other herbs and plants, without any preceding vermiculation, or being turned into little worms firſt.

2. The state of being infested or consumed by worms.
3. A pattern#Noun|pattern of irregular#Adjective|irregular wavy line#Noun|lines resembling worms or their casts or track#Noun|tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and building#Noun|buildings, etc. [from early 17th c.]
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗, page 188 ↗:

     As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as "near-aissance."

4. (physiology, dated) peristalsis.

• French: vermiculure
• Italian: vermicolazione