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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Velum \Ve"lum\, n.; pl {Vela}. [L., an awning, a veil. See
{Veil}.]
1. (Anat.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various
membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See
under {Palate}.
2. (Bot.)
a See {Veil}, n., 3
b .
b A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of
quillworts {Isoetes}).
3. (Zo["o]l.) A veil-like organ or part Especially:
a The circular membrane that partially incloses the
space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medus[ae].
b A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum
of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of {Protozoa}.
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