<sod>Vermiculation naturally occurs in patterns on the [[feather]]s of certain [[bird]]s, for which it may provide either [[camouflage]],<ref>See, e.g., Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Nick Leseberg, ''Birds of Australia: A Photographic Guide'' (2014), p. 110.</ref> or decoration. Several species are named for this trait, either in English or by the Latin [[Vermicularis (disambiguation)|''vermicularis'']].  It also appears in [[architecture]] as a form of [[Rustication (architecture)|rustication]] where the stone is cut with a pattern of wandering lines. In metalwork, vermiculation is used to form a type of background found in [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] enamels, especially on [[chasse (casket)|chasse reliquary caskets]]. In this case the term is used for what is in fact a dense pattern of regular ornament using plant plant forms and tendrils.<eod>
<sod>Vermiculation naturally occurs in patterns on the [[feather]]s of certain [[bird]]s, for which it may provide either [[camouflage]],<ref>See, e.g., Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Nick Leseberg, ''Birds of Australia: A Photographic Guide'' (2014), p. 110.</ref> or decoration. Several species are named for this trait, either in English or by the Latin '''vermicularis'''.  <eod>