Vitreous: glassy; transparent.
Vitta: a longitudinal, colored line.
Vitta frontalis: = frontal stripe: q.v.
Vittate: striped.
Viviparous: applied to insects which bear living young.
Vocal cords: specialized organs on the thoracic spiracles of Diptera, by means of which they produce a humming or singing sound.
Volant: flying or capable of flight.
Vulgar: common; not conspicuous: obscure in appearance and abundant in number.
Vultus: face: that part of head below front and between the eyes.
Vulva: the orifice of the vagina in the female.