vsel

‖n.; pl. Velaria [ L., a covering. ] (Zool.) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. velatus, p. p. of velare to veil. See Veil. ] (Bot.) Having a veil; veiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. veld. Cf. Field, n. ] A region or tract of land; esp., the open field, thinly forested or with bushes and shrubs; grass country. [ South Africa ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Med.) An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, often contracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specific microorganism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A veil. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. from L. velum a veil, a sail. ] (Zool.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These creatures are brilliantly colored and float at the surface of the sea. They have an oblong, disklike body, supported by a thin chitinous plate, from which rises a thin diagonal crest which acts as a sail. The feeding and reproductive zooids hang down from the under side of the disk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. velifer; velum a sail + ferre to bear. ] Carrying or bearing sails. [ Obs. ] “Veliferous chariots.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. [ NL., fr. L. velum a veil + gerere bear. ] (Zool.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the stage when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]