Vermiculated

Vermiculated means covered with a dense but irregular pattern of lines, as though made by worm-tracks; the word derives frrom the Latin for worm. It may refer to:

Art and Architecture

• In architecture, a form of rustication where the stone is cut with a pattern of wandering lines
• In metalwork, a type of background found in Romanesque enamels, especially on chasse reliquary caskets

Zoology

• Vermiculated Fishing-owl (Scotopelia bouvieri), an owl species found in Africa
• Vermiculated Owl or Greyish Eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens), an owl species
• Vermiculated Screech-owl (Megascops guatemalae), an owl species

See also

• Vermicularis, a Latin word with the same meaning