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vela |
1 definition found 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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