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Bacillar
Bacillar Ba*cil"lar, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or produced by, the organism bacillus; bacillary.
Bacillar
Bacillar Ba*cil"lar, a. [L. bacillum little staff.] (Biol.) Shaped like a rod or staff.
Bacillariae
Bacillariae Bac"il*la`ri*[ae], n. pl. [NL., fr.L. bacillum, dim. of baculum stick.] (Biol.) See Diatom.
Bacillary
Bacillary Bac"il*la*ry, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to bacilli; produced by, or containing, bacilli; bacillar; as, a bacillary disease.
Bacillary
Bacillary Bac"il*la*ry, a. Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.
Motacilla lugubris
Wagtail Wag"tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillid[ae]. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name. Field wagtail, any one of several species of wagtails of the genus Budytes having the tail shorter, the legs longer, and the hind claw longer and straighter, than do the water wagtails. Most of the species are yellow beneath. Called also yellow wagtail. Garden wagtail, the Indian black-breasted wagtail (Nemoricola Indica). Pied wagtail, the common European water wagtail (Motacilla lugubris). It is variegated with black and white. The name is applied also to other allied species having similar colors. Called also pied dishwasher. Wagtail flycatcher, a true flycatcher (Sauloprocta motacilloides) common in Southern Australia, where it is very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often builds its nest about houses; -- called also black fantail. Water wagtail. (a) Any one of several species of wagtails of the restricted genus Motacilla. They live chiefly on the shores of ponds and streams. (b) The American water thrush. See Water thrush. Wood wagtail, an Asiatic wagtail; (Calobates sulphurea) having a slender bill and short legs.
V vacillans
Blueberry Blue"berry, n. [Cf. Blaeberry.] (Bot.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.
Vacillancy
Vacillancy Vac"il*lan*cy, n. The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
Vacillant
Vacillant Vac"il*lant, a. [L. vacillans, p. pr. of vacillare: cf. F. vacillant. See Vacillate.] Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.
Vacillate
Vacillate Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.] 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley. 2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. Syn: See Fluctuate.
Vacillated
Vacillate Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.] 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley. 2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. Syn: See Fluctuate.
Vacillating
Vacillate Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.] 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley. 2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. Syn: See Fluctuate.
Vacillating
Vacillating Vac"il*la`ting, a. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. --Tennyson. -- Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.
Vacillatingly
Vacillating Vac"il*la`ting, a. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. --Tennyson. -- Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.
Vacillation
Vacillation Vac`il*la"tion, n. [L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.] 1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering. His vacillations, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt. --Jer. Taylor.
Vacillatory
Vacillatory Vac"il*la*to*ry, a. Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. --Hawthorne.

Meaning of Acilla from wikipedia

- brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. Arranged alphabetically: Pseudoscada acilla (Hewitson, 1867) Pseudoscada erruca (Hewitson, 1855) Pseudoscada florula...