vermes (root: vermis)

• POS: Noun Plural

CIDE DICTIONARY

vermes, n. pl. [L. vermes, pl. of vermis a worm.].

 An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnæus and his followers.  [1913 Webster]