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nervuration
[ nur-vyuh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.
Word History and Origins
Origin of nervuration1
Example Sentences
The order must therefore be ancient, and as no evidence is forthcoming as to the mode of reduction of the hind-wings, nor as to the stages by which the suctorial mouth-organs became specialized, it is difficult to trace the exact relationship of the group, but the presence of cerci and a degree of correspondence in the nervuration of the fore-wings suggest the Mecaptera as possible allies.
Nervuration: = nervulation and venation: q.v.
In order that the organisable material can shape itself as a sheet of gauze and describe the inextricable labyrinth of the nervuration, there must be something better and more wonderful than a mould.
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