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• Veiled chameleon — Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• veiled — [veıld] adj a veiled threat, warning, attack, reference etc is expressed so that its exact meaning is hidden or unclear ▪ His speech is being seen as a veiled attack on asylum seekers. ▪ I m impressed, said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• veiled — [ veıld ] adjective 1. ) a veiled threat, attack, or warning is not direct but is easily understood: a veiled criticism of the royal family thinly veiled (=very easily understood): a thinly veiled threat of retaliation 2. ) covered with a veil …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Veiled — Veiled, a. Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. Words used to convey a veiled meaning. Earle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Veiled plate — (Photog.) A fogged plate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Veiled anglemouth — From E. Zugmayer 1911. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• veiled — [vāld] adj. 1. wearing a veil 2. covered with or as with a veil 3. concealed, hidden, disguised, obscured, etc. 4. not openly expressed [a veiled threat] …   English World dictionary

• veiled in secrecy — veiled in secrecy/mystery/ phrase not known about by many people The origins of the society are veiled in secrecy. Thesaurus: secret, secretive and in secretsynonym Main entry: veil …   Useful english dictionary

• veiled in mystery — veiled in secrecy/mystery/ phrase not known about by many people The origins of the society are veiled in secrecy. Thesaurus: secret, secretive and in secretsynonym Main entry: veil …   Useful english dictionary

• veiled — index allusive, clandestine, covert, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impalpable …   Law dictionary

• veiled information — index secret Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary