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.