velum
Example Sentences
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TNT will not be used; it would malfunction like it did when they took down the first vela in 1997.
From The Guardian
On the opposite wall were displays of marbled papers hand-rubbed with beeswax, bookbinders’ tools laid out in glass cases like surgical instruments and an 18th-century velum press standing tall beside the entrance door.
From New York Times
Under ordinary circumstances the horse breathes entirely by the nasal passages, the communication between the larynx and the mouth being closed by the velum palati.
From Project Gutenberg
There is a veliger stage in development, but the velum is reduced.
From Project Gutenberg
C, Longitudinal section of mature plant. p, The pileus. g, The gills. a, The annulus, or remnant of velum partiale, v, Remains of volva or velum universale. s, The stalk.
From Project Gutenberg
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