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Vertebrate, possessing a series of vertebrae, or hollow bony 

 rings, wliicb, when united, form a back-bone, as in man, 

 iish. 



Vivarium, an enclosure or receptacle for live animals [vivus, 

 living, Latin) 



Zoanthus, " live-flower " (^oos, hving ; antJios, flower, Greek). 

 Zoology, the natural history of animals, or the science of 



animal life [zoe, life ; lor/os, a word, Greek). 

 Zoophyte, literally, an *' animal-plant" [zoon, an animal; 



phyton, a plant, Greek). 



