velum
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The preconchylian invagination or shell-gland is formed in the embryo behind the velum, on the surface opposite the blastopore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
At the base of the tongue is the prominent transverse fold, noted in connection with figure 7, that meets above the velum palitinum, not shown here but shown in figure 7.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
The room had been built for a smaller studio, and was lit from the roof, blinds being contrived so as to draw like a Roman velum across the glass.
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville
These veins pass along the centre of the velum, and, as is shown in fig.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
