652 GLOSSARY. 



Veb'mes (Lat. vermis, a •worm). Sometimes employed at the present day in 

 the same, or very nearly the same, sense as Anniiloida, or aa Annuloida 

 plus the ArmrtJiropoda. 



VEE'ia-rOBM (Lat. vermis, worm ; and/twma, form). 'Worm-like. 



Vee'te-bea (Lat. verto, I tm'n). One of the tony segments of the vertehral 

 column or hack-bone. 



Vee-te-eba'ta. (Lat. vertebra, a bone of the back, from vertere, to turn). 

 The division of the Animal Kingdom roughly oharaoterized by the posses- 

 sion of a baokrbone. 



Ves'i-ole (Lat. vesica, a bladder). A little sac or cyst. 



Vi-beao'ti-la (Lat. 'vioro, I shake). Long filamentous appendages found in 

 many FoT/yzoa. 



Vib-ei-o'hes (Lat. v%bro,X shake). The little moving filaments developed in 

 organic infusions. 



Vip-E-Ei'ifA (Lat. vi^ea-a, a viper). A group of the Snakes. 



Vis'oE-BA. 



Vi-vip'a-eous (Lat. vivas, alive ; and pario, I bring forth). Bringing forth 

 young alive. i 



Whoei.. The spiral turn of a miivalve shell. 



Xiph-i-stee'stim (Gr. xiphos, sword ; sternoa, breast-bone). The inferior or 



Eosterior segment of the sternum, corresponding with me " xiphoid, oarti- 

 ige " of human anatomy. 

 Xiph-o-stj'ea ((ir. mpJas, a sword ; and oura, tail). An order of Crustacea, 

 comprising the lA/muli or King-Crabs, characterized by their long sword- 

 like tails. 

 Xy-loph'a-gous (6r. •XMlon, wood ; wAfliago, I eat). Eating wood ; applied 

 to certain Moltusca. u 



Zo'OiD (6r. zoiin, animal; and eidos, form). The more or less ooinpletely in- 

 dependent organisms, produced by gemmation or fissioii, whether these re- 

 main attached to one another or are detached and set free. 



Zo'o-PHTTE (Gr. soon, animal ; pTmton, plant). Loosely applied to many 

 plant-like animals, such as Sponges, Corals, Sea-anemones, Sea-mats, etc. 



Zo'o-spQEBs (Gr. zoon, animal^ and spora, seed). The ciliated locomotive 

 germs at' some of the lowest forms of plants {Protc^hyta), 



