GLOSSARY. 



Verriculate. Having one or more verri- 

 cules. 



Verricule. A thick-set tuft of parallel 

 hairs. 



Verruca. A small, flattish, wart-like 

 prominence. 



Verrucose. Covered with tubercles re- 

 sembling warts. 



Versicolored. Of various and changeable 

 colors. 



Vertebrae. The joints of the spine or 

 backbone of an animal. 



Vertebral: Vertebrated. Belonging to the 

 Vertebrata ; having a backbone or ver- 

 tebral column, containing the spinal 

 marrow. 



Vertebrata. That large and important 

 class of animals distinguished by hav- 

 ing a backbone or vertebral column, 

 as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, 

 and fishes. 



Vertex. The top, or highest part. 



Vertical. Erect ; perpendicular. 



Verticulate. Arranged like the rays of a 

 wheel or spindle. 



Vesicatory. Having the property of caus- 

 ing blisters. 



Vesicle. A little bladder, or a portion of 

 the cuticle separated from the skin and 

 filled with some humor. 



Vesiculce. Keceptacles like little blad- 

 ders. 



Vesicular ; Vesiculous. Pertaining to ves- 

 icles ; having little bladders or super- 

 fifjial glands. 



Vibratile. When there is a constant os- 

 cillation of any part. 



Vibratory. Consisting in vibration or 

 oscillation ; as, a vibratory motion. 



Vibrissm. The hairs that, in certain 

 birds, stand forward like feelers : in 

 some birds they are slender, as in fly- 

 catchers, &c., and point both upwards 

 and downwards, from both the upper 

 and under sides of the mouth. 



Vicarious. Filling the place of an- 

 other. 



Vigor. Active strength or force of body 

 in animals. 



Villi. Small processes like the pile *of 

 velvet. 



Vinous. Having the qualities of wine. 



Violaceous. Of a violet color, or resem- 

 bling violets. 



Viperous. Like a viper, or having the 

 qualities of one. 



Viridity. Greenness ; verdure. 



Virile. Belonging to the male sex. 



Virulent. Very poisonous or venom- 

 ous. 



Virus. Foul or contagious matter in an 

 ulcer, &c. 



Viscera. The organs contained in any 

 cavity of the body, particularly in the 

 three venters, the head, thorax, and 

 abdomen. 



Viscid. Glutinous ; not readily separat- 

 ing. 



Viscous. Clammy ; adhesive ; tenacious ; 

 as a viscous juice. 



Visual. Pertaining to sight ; as, visual 

 rays are lines of light imagined to 

 come from the object to the eye. 



Vitals. Parts of animal bodies essential 

 to life, such as the viscera. jj <&?} 



Vitelline. Of or belonging to the yolk of 

 an egg. 



Vitellus. The yolk of an egg. 



Vitreous. Resembling glass 5 as, the vit- 

 reous humor of the eye. 



Vitrescent. Tending to become glass. 



Vitriform. Having the form or resem- 

 blance of glass. 



Vivacious. Lively ; active ; spright- 



iy. 



Vivary. A place for keeping living ani- 

 mals in ; as a pond, a park, &c. 



Vivid. Exhibiting the appearance of 

 life or freshness. 



Vivify. To endue with life ; to ani- 

 mate. 



Viviparous. Pertaining to those animals 

 which bring forth their young alive, 

 as distinguished from oviparous, produ- 

 cing eggs, as birds. 



Vocal. Uttered or modulated by the 

 voice; as, the vocal music of the 

 woods. 



Vociferous. Clamorous; making aloud 

 outcry. 



Voided. Emitted; evacuated; as, he 

 voided worms. 



Volatile. Flying ; passing through the 

 air on wings, or by the buoyant force 

 of the atmosphere; having the power 

 to fly. Also, capable of wasting away, 

 or of easily passing into the aeriform 

 state. 



