transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvē-ləm ]
noun
( plural ve·la -lə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, curtain
Date: 1753
1. : a membrane or membranous part resembling a veil or curtain: as
a. : soft palate
b. : an annular membrane projecting inward from the margin of the umbrella in some jellyfishes (as the hydromedusae)
2. : a swimming organ that is especially well developed in the later larval stages of many marine gastropods