Ver´tebral, a. Pertaining to the backbone.
Vertebrarte´rial (canal), a. for n. Passage for an artery through several cervical vertebræ.
Ver´tebrate, a. Having a backbone; also, used substantively for an animal with a backbone.
Ver´tex, n. Crown; highest central portion of pileus.
Vescic´ula Semina´lis, n. A structure, imperfect or wanting in birds, for storage of semen.
Vesti´tus, a. or n. Clothed, i.e. feathered. Clothing, i.e. plumage; as, vestitus nuptialis, breeding plumage.
Vexil´lum, n. Rhachis and web of a feather taken together; all of a feather excepting calamus.
Vibris´sa, n.; pl. vibrissæ. Bristly or bristle-tipped feather about the mouth of a bird.
Vic´tus, n. Food; diet.