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1. Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
   - greater omentum, gastrocolic omentum
    
2. The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
   - veil, embryonic membrane

Sounds like: call

Derived forms: cauls

Type of: fetal membrane, omentum

Part of: placenta

Encyclopedia: Caul, Leonard