a. [f. L. vēl-um VELUM, or ad. L. vēlāt-us, pa. pple. of vēlāre to cover.] a. Bot. (See quots. 1857–66.) b. Zool. Having a velum.
1857. A. Gray, First Less. Bot. (1866), 236. Velate, furnished with a veil.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1206/2. Velate, partially concealed from view; veiled.
1880. Nature, XXII. 147/1. It is remarkable among all Hydromedusæ (velate medusæ, that is, exclusive of Charybdæa).
