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noun
A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.
The soft palate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.
A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, malacology, natural-sciences
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noun
A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.
An annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.
A delicate membrane found on certain protists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
a thin coating or film of mucus or phlegm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: soft palate
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Broader terms: flap
noun
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: veil
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Broader terms: plant part, plant structure
Narrower terms: universal veil, partial veil
History
Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.
