Lewis Short
vermĭcŭlus (noun M) : dim.vermis
* A little worm, grub, in decaying things.
* Lit., Lucr. 2, 899; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186: in linguā canum, id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.
* Transf.
* A disease of dogs which drives them mad, Grat. Cyn. 386.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary