A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

by Spencer Fullerton Baird; T. M. Brewer; Robert Ridgway

Vil´li, n. pl. Soft papulous projections of membrane.

Vis´ceral, a. Pertaining to the viscera.

Vis´cus, n.; pl. viscera. Any interior organ of the body, but especially of the digestive system. The stomach is a viscus; the intestines are viscera.

Vi´sus, n. Vision; eyesight.

Vi´telline, a. Pertaining to the vitellus.

Vi´telline Mem´brane, n. An envelope of the vitellus.

Vitel´lus, n. Yolk (which see).

Vit´reous, a. Glassy; said of the humor in the back chamber of the eye.

Vit´ta, n. Broad band of color.

Vo´mer, n. A bone of the skull, lying at the base, in the median line, in advance of the sphenoid. Also, the peculiarly shaped and enlarged last bone of the tail, or pygostyle.