398 GLOSSARY. 



Ventricose, swollen in the middle. 



Vermicular, resembling a worm, 



Verrucose, covered with tubercles like warts. 



Vertebrate, having a backbone. 



Verticlllate, whorled. ' 



Vesicle, a little bladder. 



Vihratile, when there is a constant oscillating motion of any part. 



Vtscoiis, clammy. 



Viviparous, bringing forth the young alive, not by eggs. 



Zigzag, having short turnings and angles. 



