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Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.

subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.

A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper. (4) An oscillator.

een called Oidium Tuckeri, but is now thought to be the conidia- producing stage of an Erysiphe. -- Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (Deut. xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple. -- Vine sawfly (Zoöl.), a small black sawfiy (Selandria vitis) w…

Flat; insipid. [Obs.] Overbury.

The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.

A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.

A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

A common North American colubrine snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the water.

Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.] Wearish as meat is that is not well tasted. Palsgrave.

That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. "Sips, drams, and whets." Spectator. Whet slate (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also whetstone slate, and oilstone.

An old name for erysipelas.

orth American fresh-water bass (Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also barfish. -- Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under Persian. -- Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang]…

A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.