viverriform (viver i form)

[L. viverra, ferret, + form a, form.] Viverrine in form and structure: noting the large series of Old World quadrupeds of the families Viverridæ and Eupleridæ. Viverrinæ (viv-e-rī'nē), n. pl. [NL., one of two subfamilies of Viverridæ, the other being Her pest inæ, distinguishing the civets, genets, etc., from the ichneumons, etc.; the cat-footed Viverridæ, as distinguished from the dog-footed series of the same. (b) Nar rowly, one of 11 subfamilies of Viverrid a, including only the civets and genets proper, of the genera Viverra, Viver Ra e (Viverricula malaccensis). ricula, and Genetta, having the body comparatively robust and cat-like, and the molars 2 above and 1 below on each side. See also cuts under civet - cat, genet, and tanga lung. viverrine (vi-ver'in), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the Viverridæ , and especially of the Viverrinæ. Also viverrin . IMG:content-1912.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In old chem ., to restore or reduce to the nat- ural state or to the metallic state, as a sub- stance from a solution or a metal from an oxid; revive. vivification (viv"i-fi-ka's hon), n. [F. vivific a- tion = Sp. vivific a cion =Pg. vivific ação = It. vivi- ficazione , vivificatio (n-), a making alive, a quickening, vivific are , pp. vivific at us , make alive: see vivify .] 1. The act of vivifying, or 2. In bot ., germinating or sprouting from a seed or bud which is still on the parent plant. The term is also sometimes equivalent to proliferous as ap- plied to gra es, rushes, sedges, etc. See prolification , 2. From an examination of the structure of viviparous gra es. Masters, Teratol., p. 169. The nature of vivification is best inquired in creatures bred of putrefaction. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 695. Sub. And when comes vivification ? Face. After mortification. It [the heart] is the member that hath first life in man, and it is the last that dies in man, and to all the other members gives vivification. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 258. 2. In physiol ., the transformation of proteid matter into living ti ue, occurring as the final stage of a imilation. vivificative (viv'i-fi-ka-tiv), a. [ vivific ate + -ive .] Capable of vivifying. [Rare.] Dr. H. More , Philosophic Cabbala, ii. vivifier (viv'i-fi-er), n. One who vivifies; a quickener. He [man] has need of a Vivifier , because he is dead. St. Augustine , On Nature and Grace (trans.), xxv. IMG:content-1913.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1914.png:[blocks in formation] vivifying . [ vivifier = Sp. Pg. vivificar = It. vivific are , vivific are , make alive, restore to life, quicken (cf. vivific us , making alive), vivus , alive, + facere , make, do.] I. trans. To make to be living; endue with life; animate; enliven; inspire as if with life. Harvey . Winds of hostility rather irritated and vivified the sense of security. De Quincey , Philos. of Rom. Hist. II. in trans. To impart life or animation. The second Adam, sleeping in a vivifying death, onely for the saluation of Mankinde, should sanctifie his Spouse the Church by those Sacraments which were deriued out of his side. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 374. Viviparat (vi-vip'a-rä), n. pl . [NL., neut. pl. of LL. viviparus , viviparous: see viviparous .] Those vertebrates which are viviparous: an old division, contrasted with Ovipara , and contain- ing the mammals. De Blainville . The division is worthle , as some mammals are oviparous, and many of the lower vertebrates are viviparous, as are also some in- vertebrates. The name is a survival of the unfittest from the time of Aristotle, the later Vivipara or Zoötoka being Viviparidæ (viv-i-par'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Vi- viparus (the typical genus) + -idx.] A fami- ly of tænioglo ate gastropods, typified by the genus Viviparus . They have a flat foot, moderate ros- trum, elongate tentacles, with one of which the male organ is adnate, eyes on prominences at the outer bases of the tentacles, radular teeth 3, 1, 3, the median broad, the lateral obliquely ob- long, and the marginal with narrow bases or unguiform; the shell spiral, with a continuous peritreme, and a more or le concentric operculum. It is a cosmopolitan group of fresh-water shells. Representatives of four genera occur in the United States, but of one only in Europe. They have often been called Paludinidæ . Viviparus contec- parida. tus , one of the Vivi viviparity (viv-i-par'i-ti), n. [ vivipar ( ous ) + -ity.] The state, character, or condition of be- ing viviparous; the act, proce , or result of bringing forth alive. viviparoid (vi-vip'a-roid), a. and n. I. a. Of or relating to the Viviparidæ . us viviparus ), a the family Lycodidæ . See Zoarces . - Viviparous fish, a fish which brings forth alive, espe- cially a viviparous perch. Numerous other fishes, belong- ing to different families, are of this character, as nearly if not all of the Lycodidæ , including the so-called viviparous blenny, certain scorpænoids, cyprinodonts, blind-fishes, and most sharks and rays. - Viviparous knotweed, the serpent-gra , Polygonum viviparum . - Viviparous liz- ard, the British Zoötoc a vivipara . See Zootoca . - Vivip- arous perch. See perch1 , surf - fish , and Embiotocidæ.- Viviparous shell, any member of the Viviparidæ . viviparously (vi-vip'a-rus-li), adv . In a vivip- arous manner; by viviparity. viviparousne (vi-vip'a-rus-nes), n. Same as viviparity . Viviparus (vi-vip'a-rus), n. [NL. (Montfort, 1810), viviparus : see viviparous .] The typical genus of Viviparidæ , to which very different limits have been ascribed, but al- ways including such species as V. vulgar is and V. contectus of Europe. Several closely related species inhabit the United States, as V. georgia nus and V. con tec to ides . viviperception (vivi-per- sep's hon), n . [L. vivus , liv- ing, + perceptio (n-), percep- tion.] The observation of physiological functions or vi- tal proce es in their natural action without di ection of the living body: distinguished from observation by means of vivisection. J.J.G. Wilkin- son. [Rare.] IMG:content-1915.png:[blocks in formation] W. James, Prin. of Psychol., I. 111. [ vivi- vivisectionist (viv-i-sek's hon-ist), n. section +-ist.] A vivisector; also, one who fa- vors or defends the practice of vivisection. Physiology, it is said, can scarcely be called a science as yet, and the contributions of vivisectionists to the under- standing and amelioration of human suffering have been almost nothing. G. S. Hall , German Culture, p. 20. viviparous (vi-vip'a-rus), a . [= F. vivipare = Sp. viviparo = Pg. It. viviparo , viviparus , that brings forth young alive, vivus , alive, + parere , bring forth, produce.] 1. Bringing forth alive; having young which maintain vas- cular vital connection with the body of the pa- rent until they are born in a comparatively advanced stage of development; reproducing ly from those of the vivisector himself. vivisector (viv-i-sek'tor), n. [L. vivus , living, + sector , a cutter: see sector .] One who prac- tises vivisection. by birth, not by hatching from an egg which is laid and afterward incubated: correlated with oviparous and ovoviviparous . See these words, and egg1 . In strictne , all metazoic animals and some protozoans are oviparous, since they produce ova; but the distinction subsists in the duration of the period in which the product of conception remains in the body of the parent. If the egg is quickly extruded, the animal is oviparous ; if it is separated from the mother, but hatches inside the body, ovoviviparous ; if it to term in a womb, viviparous . Among vertebrates, all vivisectorium (viv"i-sek-tō'ri-um), sector i a (-a). [NL.: see vivisect .] A place where vivisections are made. vivisepulture Pliny. speaks of the practice of vivisepulture as continued to his own time. Same as vivace . vivre , F. Dean Liddell , Archæologia, XL. 243. ( Davies .) vivo (ve' vō), a. [It., virus , living: see rive .] vivré (vē-vrā'), a. [Heraldic F., viper .] In her ., gliding: applied to a serpent used as a bearing. vixen (vik'sn), n . and a . [Formerly also vixon ; var. of fixen , fixen , fyxen , fixen , & she-fox: see fixen .] I. n. 1. A she-fox. Fixen . This is the name of a she-fox, otherwise and more anciently fox in. It is in reproach applied to a woman whose nature and condition is thereby compared to the shee-fox. Verstegan, Rest. of Decayed Intelligence (ed. 1628), p. 334. They is Plumstead foxes, too; and a vizen was trapped just acro the field yonder no later than yesterday morning. Trollope , Last Chronicle of Barset, xxxiii. The destruction of a vizen in April is a distinct blow to sport in the following season, Edinburgh Rev. , CLXVI. 412. Hence-2. A turbulent, quarrelsome woman; 6778