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velar
[ vee-ler ]
adjective
- of or relating to a velum, especially the soft palate.
- Phonetics. articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate.
noun
- Phonetics. a velar sound.
velar
/ ˈviːlə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or attached to a velum
velar tentacles
- phonetics articulated with the soft palate and the back of the tongue, as in the sounds ( k ), ( ɡ ), or ( ŋ )
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Other Words From
- post·velar adjective
- pseudo·velar adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of velar1
C18: from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum veil
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Example Sentences
Also called velar (from velum, for which see § 8) and more usually, but less accurately, guttural.
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The metastoma, which has become in Ammocœtes the lower lip supplied by the velar or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve ; 2.
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What, then, are these velar folds, and how is it that the tubular muscles of these two segments become the velar muscles?
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This is that part of the velar folds which comes together in the middle line and closes the entrance into the respiratory chamber.
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The velar or mandibular nerve supplies in Ammocœtes the muscles of the lower lip.
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