VIVERRA
Vi*ver"ra, n. Etym: [L., a ferret.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
VIVERRINE
Vi*ver"rine, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Viverridæ, or Civet family.
VIVERS
Vi"vers, n. pl. Etym: [F. vivres, pl. of vivre, orig., to live.]
Defn: Provisions; victuals. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long. Sir W.
Scott.
VIVES Vives, n. Etym: [OF. vives, F. avives (cf. Sp. abivas, adiva) fr. Ar. ad-dhiba. Cf. Fives vives.] (Far.)
Defn: A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
VIVIANITE Viv"i*an*ite, n. Etym: [So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F. G. Vivian.] (Min.)
Defn: A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.