Also Plural of velum
Vela
noun
1.
a sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina
Origin
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin vēla (“sails of a ship”), plural of vēlum. Doublet of veil.
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