Vestiture: the surface clothing, whether of a hairy or scaly character.
Vexhillum: in Hymenoptera, an expansion on the tip of tarsi of certain fossorial groups.
Vibrant: having a rapid motion to and fro.
Vibratile: formed for vibratory motion: used to express the almost continual movement of the antennae of some Hymenoptera, and the wings of some Diptera.
Vibrissae: curved bristles or hairs in some Diptera, situated between the mystax and the antenna: whiskers.
Villi: soft hairs or papillate processes: plural of villus, q.v.
Villose -ous: soft-haired or clothed with soft, short hair.
Villus: a short, hair-like or papillate process on the surface of certain absorbent and sensory organs.
Vinous: wine-color: a deep, transparent red-brown. like claret [purple madder].
Violaceous: violet colored: a mixture of blue and red [violet carmine].