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Velum

//ˈviː.ləm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; The soft palate.
  2. 2
    a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking wordnet
  3. 3
    A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives.
  4. 4
    a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms wordnet
  5. 5
    A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills.
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  1. 6
    A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves.
  2. 7
    A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; An annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates.
  3. 8
    A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A delicate membrane found on certain protists.
  4. 9
    An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus.
  5. 10
    a thin coating or film of mucus or phlegm.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.

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