a. Zool. [f. VERGE sb.1 + -(I)FORM.] Of the feet of certain crustaceans: Resembling a rod; rod-like.
1837. Penny Cycl., VIII. 197/2. Podophthalmia…; feet or extremities vergiform, partly prehensile, partly ambulatory.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 433. There are a few in which these feet are vergiform.
