Velellan.
Zoology.
A genus of siphonophorous oceanic hydrozoans; a member of this genus.
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1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 482 The Porpita and Velella..which were formerly joined with the Medusæ.
1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea x. 243 The Velellæ have a very extended geographical range.
1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 240 The animals are believed to sleep by day and prey upon the Jelly Fish and Velellas by night.
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 284 The little Velella..has been compared to a little raft with an obliquely placed upright sail.
Derivatives
veˈlellidous adj. related to Velella.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of class Hydrozoa > relating to siphonophores > related to genus Velella
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a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 268/1 The Velellidous Acalephs have within their soft substance a cartilaginous or calcareous plate or disc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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