Vela : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Vela	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Vela
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vela n a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis; "because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called `the Sails'"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Velum \[d8]Ve"lum\, n.; pl. {Vela}. [L., an awning, a veil. See {Veil}.] 1. (Anat.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under {Palate}. 2. (Bot.) (a) See {Veil}, n., 3 (b) . (b) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts {Isoetes}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) A veil-like organ or part. Especially: (a) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medus[91]. (b) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of {Protozoa}.