Vetula means "old woman" in Latin and may refer to:
* Vetula, a 7th-century name for
corn dolly
Corn dollies or corn mothers are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanization.
Before Christianisation, in traditional pagan European culture it was believed that the spirit of the corn (in American Englis ...
, a form of straw work
See also
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Ortalis vetula, a species of bird
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Saurothera vetula
The Jamaican lizard cuckoo (''Coccyzus vetula'') is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the ...
, a species of cuckoo
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Balistes vetula
''Balistes vetula'', the queen triggerfish or old wife, is a reef dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in very large marine aquaria.
Etymology
This fish is called ''coc ...
, a species of triggerfish
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Muscipipra vetula, a species of bird
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