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velella

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

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noun

From the genus name.

velellas (plural)

by-the-wind sailor

What does velella mean?: Velella velella, a free-floating marine protozoan of the monospecific genus Velella.
Where does velella come from?: From the genus name.

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