URO- 
(irés'teéjn) z [Gk. oura, 
osteon, bone.] A median 
sternum in Birds Zool 
ernite (i’réstér’nit) “nt. [Gk, 
oura, tail ynon, breast.| A 
ventral an arthropodan 
tail ; ength.] 
Having the ‘ail as pica 
for propulsion n (zool.). 
urostyle (ii’réstil) #z, [Gk. ora, tail ; 
ore pillar n unsegment ted 
one, the posterior part of the 
Soe olumn of anurous Amphi- 
Gen) the hypural bone in Fishes 
Urt (oor'téré) 7. £6 wu. ([Ger. 
Urthiore, Beta oa.| A name given 
by Oken apie fohiotia (biol), 
urticant (ian) a. 
nettle.] Api. t 
power of stinging. 
L. urtica, 
thread- — with 
—the transmission of 
money ae Ss (diol.). 
uterine (iit iy — womb. ] 
Pert. be a rtery, vein, 
plexus of anaes taeek, ~ ol.). 
rine bell, —a muscular 
structure in the fem 
thread-worms, al ae Pd with 
coelom and uterus (zo 
uteroa (a eoabaim’ inal) a. 
womb; abdomen, 
a Pert. uterus and ab- 
mine region (ana 
we ee ‘eros ae Ee 
mb ; 
‘Appe.'t ge 
genital folds Sacked to the sacrum 
ana. 
ae aspen bn a. [L. 
n in female Mammals in 
which the embryo develops and is 
nourished before bi 
irth; any en 
rged portion of the oviduct 
; clopmen to serve as a place O: 
eer 
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VAG- 
uterus masculinus,—a large median 
sac tached to ng dorsal surface 
of urino-genital canal of the 
male (zoo/.); the utriculus pros-- 
taticus (avai.). 
utricle (ii’trikl) 7. [L. Rae 
An _air-bladder 
a indahiacest one- 
celled fruit (d0¢.); a membranous 
sac a ae ear- ety ase the uterus 
Dance atrik’ alr) a. [L. uériculus, 
small bag.] Containing _ vessels 
like small bags ; aff/. modification 
of laticiferous tissue (d02.) 
triculus (iitri eh nm {L.% cules 
small bag.] T tricle Ws the 
(anat.); the ae blnadee of satiate 
plants (doz. 
uva (iva n. [L. uva, grape.] 
pulpy indehiscent fruit with central 
placenta, like t 
L. uva, gr 
A lobe in the cerebellum ; a conical 
pendulous process from the soft 
palate (anaz.). 
V 
vacuolar (vaki’élir) a [L. vacuus, 
empty.| /evé. or like a vacuole. 
oe ce ag téd) a. mee vacu- 
US, Containing Maeiesc 2 
vactale PO awas Ds L. vacuu. 
empty.] One of the spaces found 
in cell protoplasm containing air, 
or a sas digested food 
t.). 
L. vagus, wander- 
vagina (vajina) #. [L. vagina, 
eath.]| A sheath or chenth fies 
from the 
288 genital canal (anaz.) ; 
anded sheath-like rene "of a 
leaf base (40 
al vajinal, vajinal) @ [L. 
vagina, sheath.| Pert. or supplyi ing 
the em § appl. arteries, nerves, 
etc. (anat.). 
