VELARIUM


Meaning of VELARIUM in English

və̇ˈla(a)rēəm noun

( plural velar·ia -ēə)

Etymology: Latin, from velum veil

1. : an awning over an ancient Roman theater or amphitheater

2.

[New Latin, from Latin]

: the velum that occurs in various scyphozoans and cubomedusans and that differs from that of hydrozoa in containing endoderm-lined canals

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