a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
vinegar eel
Noun
minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar
vinegar worm
Noun
a minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar
ventriculus
Noun
a thick-walled, muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
velvet worm
Noun
any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
vaquita
Noun
a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California
vizsla
Noun
a Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat
vixen
Noun
a female fox
vixen
Noun
a malicious woman with a fierce temper
vespertilian bat
Noun
a variety of carnivorous bat
vespertilionid
Noun
a variety of carnivorous bat
viverrine
Noun
small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
vampire bat
Noun
any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
vedalia
Noun
a ladybug native to Australia and introduced elsewhere to control pests
vespid
Noun
mostly social nest-building wasps
vespid wasp
Noun
mostly social nest-building wasps
vinegar fly
Noun
flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
velvet ant
Noun
a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae
viceroy
Noun
showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
viceroy
Noun
governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
vetchworm
Noun
the larva of a noctuid moth
varying hare
Noun
a large large-footed North American hare
vole
Noun
any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae, especially of genus Microtus, having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
viscacha
Noun
gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
vicuna
Noun
a small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller
vicuna
Noun
a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
vicuna
Noun
the wool of the vicuna
ventral fin
Noun
either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement
vervet
Noun
South African monkey with black face and hands
vervet monkey
Noun
a South African monkey with black face and hands
vein
Noun
one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
vein
Noun
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
vein
Noun
a distinctive style or manner
vein
Noun
a layer of ore between layers of rock
vein
Noun
any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
vein
Verb
make a veinlike pattern
vermillion rockfish
Noun
a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America
vestibule
Noun
a large entrance or reception room or area
vestibule
Noun
any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity, as of the ear or vagina
volary
Noun
a building where birds are kept
veronal
Noun
a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
visor
Noun
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
visor
Noun
a piece of armor plate with eye slits fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
vizor
Noun
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
vizor
Noun
a piece of armor plate with eye slits fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
volume
Noun
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
volume
Noun
the magnitude of sound, usually in a specified direction
volume
Noun
the property of something that is great in magnitude
volume
Noun
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
volume
Noun
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object