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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. 



VIRIDULA, 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. 



Vi vi PAR A, 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. 



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. 



