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TORPEDO. Latin. Numbness. Name 

 of a fish 



TORTRIX. Generic name of certain 

 ophidians. 



TOXOTES. From the Greek, toxotes, 

 an archer. Systematic name of 

 certain fishes. 



TRACH'EA. trak-e-a. From the Greek 

 trachus, rough, and arteria, an 

 artery, which is formed from aer, 

 air, and terein, to keep. The canal 

 which conveys air to the lungs. 

 The wind-pipe. 



TRENCHANT. Cutting. 



TRIGONOCEPHALI. tri-gon-o-kef-a-li. 

 Latin. Plural of trigonocephalus. 



TRI'GONOCKPHALUS. From the Greek, 

 treis, three, gonia, angle, and 

 Jcephale, head. Triangular head. 

 The systematic name of a serpent. 



TRI'LOBED. From the Latin, tres, 

 three, and lobus, lobe. Formed of 

 three lobes. 



TRI'TJNYX, From the Greek, treis, 

 three, and onux, nail. Having 

 three nails. Generic name of cer- 

 tain tortoises. 



TRUNCATE. Cut abruptly or square 

 off; cut short 



TRUNK. The body without including 

 the head and extremities. 



TRUTTA. Specific name of the trout. 



TUBERCLE. From the Latin, tuber, a 

 knot. A small knot, or projection. 



TUBERCULOUS. Composed of, or con- 

 taining tubercles. 



TYMPANUM. Latin. A drum. The 

 drum of the ear. 



TYPHLOPS. tif-lops. Greek. One 

 who is blind. Name of an ophidian. 



ULNA. The bone of the fore-arm, 

 which forms the prominence of the 

 elbow, during the flexion of that 

 joint. 



UMBRINA. Generic name of a fish. 



URODELA. Systematic name of a 

 family of batrachians. 



VASCULAR. Supplied with vessels. 



VENA. Latin. A vein. Venaporta, 



a vein of the liver. 

 VENOUS Relating to veins. 

 VENTRAL. Prom the Latin, venter, 

 belly. Belonging to the belly. 

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VENTRICLE. A name given to various 

 parts by anatomists. 



VENTRICULAR. Belonging to a ven- 

 tricle ; of the nature of a ventricle. 



VERMIFORM. From the Latin, vermis, 

 a worm, and/orma, form. Worm- 

 shaped : like a worm. 



VERNALIS. Latin. Vernal. Relating 

 to the spring. 



VERTEBRA. From the Latin, vertere, 

 to turn. This name has been 

 given to each of the bones, which, 

 by their union, form the vertebral 

 or spinal column, commonly called 

 the back bone. 



VERTEBRAE. The plural of vertebra. 



VERTEBRAL. Belonging or relating 

 to vertebrae. 



VERTEBRATA. Animals that possess 

 vertebrae. Systematic name of the 

 first branch of the animal kingdom. 



VERTEBRATE. Having vertebrae. 



VERTICILLATE. From the Latin, ver- 

 ticillum, a peg. Arranged in a 

 circle, like the leaves of certain 

 flowers around a stem- 



VESTIBULE. The first part of the 

 second cavity of the ear is so 

 called. 



VIPERA. Latin. A viper. 



VIRIDIS. Latin. Green. 



VISCERA Latin. Plural of viscus. 



viscous. \ Glutinous,sticky,tenacioug 



Viscus. Latin. Any bowel, or en- 

 trail, or internal part, as the heart, 

 liver, lungs, brain, &c. 



VIVI'PAROUS. From the Latin, vivus, 

 alive, and pario, I bring forth. 

 Animals whose young are born 

 without being hatched, are said to 

 be viviparous. 



VOMER. Latin. A thin, flat bone, 

 which constitutes a part of the par- 

 lition between the nostrils. 



VULGA'RIS Latin. Common, vulgar. 



XIPHIAS. Latin. A sword-fish. 



ZOOLOGY. zoo-lo-gy. From the 

 Greek, xonn, life, and logos, a dis- 

 course. That part of Natural His- 

 tory which treats of animals. 



ZOOLOGIST. One skilled in, or devoted 

 to the study of zoology. 



