velum
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The mosquito curtain of dark blue gauze ready hung for the night, falls from the ceiling with the air of a mysterious velum.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre
The lophophore bears about 20-25 tentacles, which are very slender and of moderate length; the velum at their base is narrow; as a rule the lophophore is accurately circular.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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 Annandale, Nelson
Head broad, surrounded by a funnel-shaped velum or hood; no radula; dorsal appendages foliaceous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
The medusoids have a muscular velum of ectoderm and mesogloea only.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
