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Definition of Velella

Velella
Velella Ve*lel"la, n. [NL., dim. from L. velum a veil, a sail.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella. Note: These creatures are brilliantly colored and float at the surface of the sea. They have an oblong, disklike body, supported by a thin chitinous plate, from which rises a thin diagonal crest which acts as a sail. The feeding and reproductive zooids hang down from the under side of the disk.

Meaning of Velella from wikipedia

- Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan...
- Guy John Velella (September 25, 1944 – January 27, 2011) was an American Republican politician serving as a New York State Senator from the Bronx. A political...
- Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), the by-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella), the blue button (Porpita porpita), and the violet snail, Janthina...
- 'porpitid' in discussions of the two genera contained therein, Porpita and Velella. They all live at the surface of the open ocean, and are colonies of carnivorous...
- Velella was the name of at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian submarine Velella (1911), a Medusa-class submarine launched in...
- utriculus), blue buttons (Porpita porpita), and the by-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glaucilla marginata. Wikispecies...
- Giulia, Italy, on 1 May 1945. Velella (pennant number VL) was launched 18 December 1936 and completed on 1 September 1937. Velella was on patrol in the eastern...
- they feed upon pelagic hydrozoa, especially the by-the-wind sailor, Velella velella, and the Portuguese man o' war, Physalia physalis. J. janthina is a...
- suborder Chondrophora, which is a group of cnidarians that also includes Velella. The chondrop****s are similar to the better-known siphonop****s, which...
- spoon worm Tubifex tubifexsludge worm Turgida turgida — a nematode Velella velella — by-the-wind-sailor Yukonensis yukonensis — an archaeocyathan Araucaria...