cross-vein

American  

[kraws-veyn, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌveɪn, ˈkrɒs- /

noun

Zoology.

1. a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.

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Example Sentences

Independent: in Lepidoptera; that vein of the wings that arises from the cross-vein closing the cell, and does not branch directly from any vein reaching the base: it is v.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Nay, further, these same miners, if no stringer or cross-vein intersects the main vein so that they can follow it in their workings, even cross-cut through the solid rock of the hangingwall or footwall.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Discal vein: Lepidoptera; the cross-vein closing the discal or median cell extends from radius 5 to media 1.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Trichoptera, the cell between the forks of the radial sector, and separated from the 2d apical cell by a cross-vein.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

If the principal vein descends on an incline and the cross-vein descends vertically, then a minor triangle is created having one obtuse angle or all three angles acute.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius