VER- 
numerous =e lines or bands of 
iad (zool.) ; marked by numerous 
ieee oe wressed lines (G07.). 
miférm) a. [L. vermis, 
wo neo hape 
like a worm ; aff/. numerous struc- 
tures, but especially to the ap 
pendix. 
‘(ver mis) # [L. vermis, 
worm.] The annulated esate 
portion of the cerebellum (amaz.) ; 
the central portion of the me 
in Birds and Repti 
vernation wie shin) 7 [L. verna- 
tion, sloughing.| The a 
of leaves eithic ‘a bud (4o¢. 
verruca (vérook’a) 7. ae ve rruca, 
wart.] Any wart- — projection ; 
one of the small rt-like pro- 
jections surrounding is base of 
the gpk in many of the Alcyo- 
naria — 
verrucif (véroos! iform) a. ([L. 
patie wart; forma, shape.] 
Wart-sha 
eer (vérook’s 6s) [L. verruca, 
art.] Covered with wart-like pro- 
jection (zool., 
sep eso saa r 
und. ] 
ers tisey ; 
wards 
a versare, to 
wa sonst toe (zool. 
rage sikiilérd ae Meee 4 
versa ange ; color, colour.] 
Pcaipated i in colour a capable 
of changing colour (zoo 
vertebra (vér'tébra) 7. ia vertebra, 
joint.] Any of the bony or cartila- 
ginous segments th ke up 
the backbone (amat., zool.) ; one of 
the ossicles in an ophiuroid arm 
(2 
vertebra ens nba i 
the seventh cervical vertebra (avaz.). 
ectetieal oh ér’tébral) a. [L. vertebra, 
nt.] Perd. spinal column (anat.) ; 
any s 
_likened to the piead column ae ). 
canal,— lied 
“to the canal — ed by the foramina 
n the trans e 
vertebrate (vér tébrat) a ay vertebra, 
544 
VES- 
joint. comiter a backbone or 
spinal colum 
vertebratio mn (rer ebbca ‘shiin) WAR 
a ial oint.}| Dividing up into 
segments or divisions resembling 
vertebrae (em 
vertex (ver téks) 7 n. ([L. vertex, top.] 
of the panes the highest 
"1. vertex, top. ] 
Standing upright ; lengthwise, in 
direction of axis (d0¢.) ; pert. vertex 
of head (zoo/.). 
vertical margin,—the limit between 
= frons and the occiput in Diptera 
vertiit Psd tisil) 7. [Le — 
va of vertex, whirl.] An arrange- 
en flowers, structures or in- 
peuiciees — the same point 
on the axis 
verticillaster (rev tists tér) #. [L. 
verticillus, small whorl ; aster, star 
A much condensed cyme with t 
appearance She whorl, but in reality 
arising in the axils of opposite 
e (vértis'lat) a. 
aa aul rl. 
of w nich ar 
at equal distances, with stiff hairs 
(zool.) ; va nig in verticils (d02.). 
erumon 
[L. verti- 
mou 
~~ pe on pr 
rethra where the 
seinlenal ees sata (anat.). 
vesica (vés'ika) #. [L. paces bladder. } 
T 
vesical (vés‘i geet a. [L. vesica, blad- 
der ert. or in — with the 
bladde ; appl. arteries, etc. (anai.). 
vesicle (wes = n. iL.  weskula, dim. 
vesica, bladder.] A_ small 
globular ¢ or er ses die air space 
in = goons es (d04.) ; a small cavity 
pied containing flui 
(cool, 7 : 
three oS cavities of the brain 
vesicula  (vésik’ala) n. [L. vestcula, 
small bladder.] A small ladies: 
like cyst or sac (amaz.). 
vesicula —a sac in which 
permatozoa complete their de- 
velopment and are stored (zoo/.). 
