(botany) Having a veil; veiled. / Having a velum.

Alternative spelling of labiovelar

(phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool. / (phonology) To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

(phonology) The act or process of velarizing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of velarize

present participle of velarize

simple past tense and past participle of velarize

(linguistics) Produced by combining a closure at the velum and a lowering of the tongue to decrease the pressure in the mouth.

(zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.

(anatomy) A covering membrane or velum