Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of velum
Polyp stage reduced or absent; medusae without velums.
1997, John A. Snyder, How to Prepare for the GRE Biology, page 2651 more example
The neonates observed by Truby and his associates (1965) kept their velums open during their cries for the first three days of life and thereafter closed their velums during their cries.
1970, Linguistic Inquiry, page 319
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