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vellus eris, n

1 VEL-, wool shorn off, a fleece: Muricibus Tyriis iteratae vellera lanae, H.: vellera motis trahunt digitis, O.A sheepskin, pelt, woolly felt: aries nunc vellera siccat, V.: vellera secta, i. e. cut into strips, O.A hide, pelt: fulvi leonis, O.: cervina, O.A sheep: cultros in guttura velleris atri Conicit, O.A tuft, flock: Velleraque ut foliis depectant tenuia Seres, i. e. the flocks of silk, V.Fleecy clouds: lanae per caelum vellera ferri, V.

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