Available Definitions:
1) n. - Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
2) n. - See Veil , n., 3 (b).
3) n. - A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).
4) n. - A veil-like organ or part.
5) n. - The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
6) n. - A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust . a of Protozoa.