velum

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The polypide has normally about 60 tentacles, the velum at the base of which is narrow and by no means strongly festooned.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

It commences in the form of a small white aphthous sore; which usually attacks the velum or posterior part of the pharynx, mostly the latter.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Foot divided into two, posterior half bearing the operculum; a wide epipodial velum; shell turbinated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 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

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