an accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance. Normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus
Latin for soft palate The part of the palate that is just behind the hard palate A sound produced in this area is called a velar sound
– Ciliated organ used for locomotion and feeding in the veliger larval stage of oysters
membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
{i} membranous covering (such as the soft palate); veil, thin membrane which covers an immature mushroom
membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap