Vermes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vermes \Ver"mes\, n. pl. [L. vermes, pl. of vermis a worm.]
     (Zool.)
     (a) 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 Linnaeus and his followers.
     (b) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths
         and closely allied orders.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermis
       n : the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two
           hemispheres [syn: {vermis cerebelli}]
       [also: {vermes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermes
       See {vermis}