nervule

[ nur-vyool ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. a small branch of a nerve in the wing of an insect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nervule¹

First recorded in 1885–90; nerve + -ule

Example Sentences

There is also a slight projection at the extremity of the first median nervule.

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The hind wing is tailed at the end of the third median nervule.

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On the edge of the first median nervule of the male, about its middle, there is a scent-pouch covered with scales.

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The costal nervule invariably terminates at the external angle of this wing.

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The outer margin is black, with the fringes pale fulvous, checkered with black at the end of each nervule.

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