VELUM


Meaning of VELUM in English

noun (plural vela) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, curtain Date: 1753 a membrane or membranous part resembling a veil or curtain: as, soft palate , an annular membrane projecting inward from the margin of the umbrella in some jellyfishes (as the hydromedusae), a swimming organ that is especially well developed in the later larval stages of many marine gastropods

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