Veles

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae – brown nightjar, of much of tropical Africa.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Caprimulgiformes – order; Caprimulgidae – family; Caprimulginae - subfamily

• (genus): Veles binotatus - sole species

• Veles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Veles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Likely of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is difficult to pinpoint. Suggestions have included *h₂welh₁- (“wool”) and *welg- (“damp, humid”). Also compare Lithuanian vẽlės (“ghostly figures of the deceased”), archaic form of modern velnias (“demon, devil”). More at Veles.

Veles

1. (Slavic mythology) The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.

   Synonym: Volos

From Macedonian Велес (Veles)

Veles

1. A city in central North Macedonia.
2. HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth.

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