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vellus

vellus noun: the stipe of certain fungi.

Noun

vellus (plural vellera)

  1. The stipe of certain fungi.

vellus meaning in Tamil

vellus in Tamil

அரும்பு உதிர்ந்து வளரும் மென்மயிர்

Forms of vellus

pluralvellera

Origin of vellus

Learned borrowing from Latin vellus (“fleece”).

Words formed from vellus

Phrases with vellus

Questions about vellus

What does vellus mean?
Vellus means the stipe of certain fungi.
What is vellus in Tamil?
Vellus in Tamil is அரும்பு உதிர்ந்து வளரும் மென்மயிர். See Vellus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vellus?
Vellus is a noun.
What is the plural of vellus?
The plural of vellus is vellera.

Words near vellus in the dictionary

  1. vellum paper
  2. vellum papers
  3. vellumlike
  4. vellums
  5. vellumy
  6. vellus
  7. vellus hair
  8. vellus hairs
  9. Velma
  10. velmanase alfa
  11. velo-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vellus (page history and authors); vellus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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