velum

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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 Annandale, Nelson

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

If the velum interpositum be now carefully raised from before backward, the optic thalami, third ventricle, pineal body and corpora quadrigemina are exposed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

It dips into the fissures between the convolutions, and a wide prolongation, named velum interpositum, lies in the interior of the cerebrum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The shell is developed on the dorsal surface behind the velum, the foot on the opposite or ventral surface behind the mouth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various