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vexilla

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vex⋅il⋅lum

  [vek-sil-uhm]
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–noun, plural vex⋅il⋅la  [vek-sil-uh] .
1. a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
2. a group of men serving under such a standard.
3. video frequency.
4. Also, vex⋅il  [vek-sil] . Botany. the large upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.
5. Ornithology Rare. the web or vane of a feather.
Origin:
1720–30; < L: standard, flag, dim. from the base of vēlum sail (see veil )
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vex·il·la   (věk-sĭl'ə)   
n.  Plural of vexillum.
vex·il·lum   (věk-sĭl'əm)   
n.   pl. vex·il·la (věk-sĭl'ə)

  1. Botany See standard.

  2. Zoology The weblike part of a feather; the vane.


[Latin, flag, diminutive of vēlum, a covering.]
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