pl of  VERMIS.
n pl :  any of several major divisions of the animal kingdom: as  a  in former classifications  :  a taxon containing all invertebrates with the exception of the arthropods  b  in some esp former classifications  :  a taxon comprising the typically soft-bodied and more or less vermiform invertebrates including the flatworms, roundworms, annelid worms, and minor forms, and usu. held to be a purely artificial grouping .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  phar·ma·cy  ver·mis 
 
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