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nervule

[ nur-vyool ]

/ ˈnɜr vyul /

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noun Zoology.

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

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Origin of nervule

First recorded in 1885–90; nerve + -ule

Words nearby nervule

nervous indigestion, nervous lobe, nervous Nellie, nervous system, nervous wreck, nervule, nervuration, nervure, nervus, nervy, n.e.s.

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Example sentences from the Web for nervule

There is also a slight projection at the extremity of the first median nervule.
The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland
The hind wing is tailed at the end of the third median nervule.
The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland
On the edge of the first median nervule of the male, about its middle, there is a scent-pouch covered with scales.
The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland
The costal nervule invariably terminates at the external angle of this wing.
The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland

The outer margin is black, with the fringes pale fulvous, checkered with black at the end of each nervule.
The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland

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