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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
/ ˈ±¹¾±Ë±ôÉ™ /
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 ), ( É¡ ), or ( Å‹ )
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è´Ç²õ³Ù·±¹±ðl²¹°ù adjective
- ±è²õ±ð³Üd´Ç·±¹±ðl²¹°ù adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of velar1
C18: from Latin ±¹Å§±ôÄå°ù¾±²õ, from ±¹Å§±ô³Ü³¾ veil
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Example Sentences
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These velar vocal folds are three times longer than the pair in the voice box and weigh 683 times more.
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The foot now protrudes below the mouth, and the post-oral hemisphere of the trochosphere grows more rapidly then the anterior or velar area.
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Large and heavy velar vocal folds let male koalas bellow at low frequencies.
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Farther up, within the velar area, the rudiments of the cerebral nerve-ganglion ng are seen separating from the ectoderm.
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