Phil in SF quoted How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler (Dark Lord Davi, #1)
Dozens of spindly legs on all sides bite into the bricks of the floor, walls, and ceiling, driving it forward in peristaltic waves, shockingly fast.
— How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler (Dark Lord Davi, #1) (89%)
new vocabulary: peristalsis
The involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine or another canal, creating wave-like movements that push the contents of the canal forward.