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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Vulpes
(n.)
A genus of Carnivora including the foxes.
Vulpic
(a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid
obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red
crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.
Vulpicide
(n.)
One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of
so killing a fox.
Vulpine
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy;
cunning; crafty; artful.
Vulpinic
(a.)
Same as Vulpic.
Vulpinism
(n.)
The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft;
artfulness.
Vulpinite
(n.)
A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white
color, used for ornamental purposes.
Vultern
(n.)
The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See
Brush turkey.
Vulture
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging
to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the
family Vulturidae.
Vulturine
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in
qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax
Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.
Vulturish
(a.)
Vulturous.
Vulturism
(n.)
The quality or state of being like a vulture;
rapaciousness.
Vulturous
(a.)
Like a vulture; rapacious.
Vulva
(n.)
The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes,
the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.
Vulva
(n.)
The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other
invertebrate.
Vulviform
(a.)
Like a cleft with projecting edges.
Vulvitis
(n.)
Inflammation of the vulva.
Vulvo-uterine
(a.)
Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.
Vulvovaginal
(a.)
Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.
Vyce
(n.)
A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head
while the staves are being closed around it.