vesper til16

[Lat.=a bat, from vesper = evening.] 1. Zool .: The type-genus of Vesper til i ones (q. v.), with forty-three species, ranging over the temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres. Muzzle long; glandular prominences between the eyes small; nostrils opening by simple crescentic apertures; crown of the head vaulted; ears separate, oval, generally equaling and often exceeding the length of the head; tragus long, generally acute, vesico-uterine, a. head and body; face hairy. Most of the species appear to live in woods; some, either habitually or occasionally, live in caves or under the roofs of IMG:content-0479.png:[blocks in formation] vě-sic-u-la (pl. vě-sic-u-læ), s. [Latin = a little vesicle, a blister.] Pathol. (pl.): An order of cutaneous diseases, characterized by the occurrence of vesicles. These may be globular, umbilicated, or acuminated. They arise on any part of the body, and resemble drops of water on the spots where they exist. The fluid in them may be absorbed, or it becomes effused, causing excoriation and small thin incrustations. The order contains three diseases: Sudamina, Herpes, and Eczema. věs-I-cu-le-form, a. [Lat. vesiculæ, gen it. of vesicula, and form a =form.) Having the form of a vesicle or vesicles.