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

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How to use nervule in a sentence

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.
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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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