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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or covered by a velum or veil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Veiled; specifically, in zoology and hot., having a velum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having a veil; veiled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having a
veil ;veiled .
Etymologies
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Latin velatus, past participle of velare to veil. See veil.
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