vanadic

[English vanad ( ium); -ic.] Contained in or derived from vanadium (q. v.). IMG:content-0394.png:[blocks in formation] with vambrace (q. v.). "Am phial us was run through the vamplate ."-Sidney: Arcadia , bk. iii. văm-për-1, s. pl. [VAMPYRUS.] Zool.: A group of Bats, sub-family Phyllos to mine, with thirteen genera, from the Neo tropical region. Muzzle long and narrow in front; distance between the eyes generally le than distance from the eye to extremity of muzzle; nose-leaf well developed, horse-shoe-shaped in front, lanceolate behind; in terfe moral membrane well-developed; tail generally distinct. Nearly all the species appear to be insectivorous, so that the name applied to this group cannot be considered indicative of their habits. A few, if not all, probably supplement their insect diet with fruit. văm-pyr-ops, s . [Mod. Lat. vampyr ( us ), and Zool .: A genus of Steno derm at a, with three species, from the Mexican and Brazilian sub-regions. văm-për-ŭs, s. [A name suggested to Geoffroy, and adopted by Spix, from the supposed blood. sucking habits of the genus.] Gr.ops the countenance.] Zoology: The type-genus of the group Vampyri (q. v.), with two species, from the Neo tropical region. There are two species: Vampyrus spectrum , about eight inches long, commonly called the Vam pire-bat, and erroneously said to be sanguivorous, the observations of modern travelers having shown that it feeds on fruit and insects; and V. auritus , a somewhat smaller bat. văn-a-din, s. [VANADIUM.]