woodvine

Bot.: Bryonia dioica. wood-vinegar, s. [VINEGAR.] wood-walker, s. Zool .: A popular name for the genus Hylobates, of which it is a literal translation. [GIBBON, HYLO BATES.] "A genus of Apes, sometimes called Wood-walkers from their astonishing agility in swinging from tree to tree." -Ripley & Dana : Amer. Cyclop ., vii. 796. wood-warbler, s. Ornithology: †1. The Wood-wren (q. v.). 2. ( Pl.): [MNIOTILTIDE.) *wood-ward, s. A woodreeve, a forester. "He used to ride to the woods, and visit all the coppices, and ask the wood - ward several questions."-Dr. Pope : Life of Bishop Ward , p. 75. wood-wasp, s. Entom.: Vespa sylvestris. It builds an oval nest, which it suspends from the branch of a tree. wood-witch, s. Bot.: Phallus impudicus . [PHALLUS, 2.] wood-work, s. Work formed of wood; that part of any structure which is composed of wood. wood-worm, s. A worm that is bred in wood. wood-wren, s. Ornith.: Phyllos cop us sibilatrix ( Sylvia sylvi cola), a species often confounded with the Willow wren (q. v.), from which, however, it may be distinguished by its larger wings, a broad streak of sulphur-yellow over the eye and ear-coverts, and its plumage, which is green above and white below. It differs, also, from most of the Warblers in eating neither fruit nor berries, but subsisting on insects or their larve. The nest is oval, domed, and placed on the ground; eggs six, transparent, white, thickly spotted with dark purplish-brown.