velum
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There are about 40 tentacles, the velum at the base of which extends upwards for a considerable distance without being festooned.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
The polypide has normally about 60 tentacles, the velum at the base of which is narrow and by no means strongly festooned.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
There are about 90 tentacles, which are long and slender, the velum at their base being narrow and almost straight.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
The larva for a time swims freely in the sea-water, having a circlet of cilia round the body in front of the mouth, forming the velum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Its upper surface is partly seen in the floor of the body of the lateral ventricle, but is for the most part covered by the fornix and velum interpositum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
“I could never dress like this in Veracruz, where I live now,” said Ximena Ximénez, 27, who returned to Juchitán for the vela and wore a black, gold and white garment with a matching headpiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
She sat patiently as ardent beauticians prepared her for her formal investiture, a highlight of the three-day festival — or vela — that celebrates muxe culture here every November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
This weekend's festival is called the "True Fearless Seekers of Danger" vela, a name that harkens to the risk many members of the community face.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2023
The roof of the fourth ventricle widens out very much and remains largely epithelial as the superior and inferior medullary vela.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
For it is the vela discovered, denounced, and made over to them by Pedro Vicente.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
