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GLOSSARY. 



Ventral, pertaining to the belly. 



Ventricosa, ventry-ko-sah, swol- 

 len. 



Ventricose, ventry-kose, swollen, 

 inflated. 



Vermiform, vermy-form, worm- 

 shaped. 



Verrucose, verr-you-kose, covered 

 with warts, or wart-like tubercles ; 

 rough. 



VERTEBRATA,verty-brate-ah, one of 

 the great divisions of the animal 

 kingdom, in which are included 

 all animals whose bodies are pro- 

 vided with a vertebral column, 

 or backbone. 



Vertigo, ver-ti-go, a turning 

 round. 



Virescens, virr-ess-ens, of a green- 

 ish colour. 



Virgata, ver-gate-ah, striped, 

 banded. 



Viridescenti-alba, virry-dess- 

 enti-alba, greenish-white. 



ViRlDULA, virr-iddyoul-lah, of a 

 greenish colour. 



Viscous, viss-kuss, sticky, adhe- 

 sive. 



Vitrea, vittry-ah, glassy. 



Vitreous, vittry-us, glassy, re- 

 sembling glass. 



Vitrina, vittrin-ah, like glass, 

 transparent. 



ViviPARA, vi-vipper-ah, producing 

 its offspring alive and perfect. 



Viviparous, applied to animals 

 which bring forth their young in a 

 living and perfect state, as distin- 

 guished from those which are 

 oviparous^ or produce eggs. 



Volution, vo-looshun, a spiral 

 turn, a whorl. 



Vortex, vor-tex, a whirlpool. 



W. 



Whorl, whurl, each turn or wreath 



of a spiral shell. 

 Wrinkled, rinkle'd, marked with 



ridges and furrows. 



Z. 



Zellensis, Zell-en-siss, from Zell, 

 or Cell, one of the several Con- 

 tinental towns of that name. 



Zonites, zo-ni-tees, from zona, a 

 girdle. 



