nervuration

American

[nur-vyuh-ray-shuhn] / ˌnɜr vjəˈreɪ ʃən /

Also nervulation

noun

Entomology.

the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.

Etymology

Origin of nervuration

First recorded in 1895–1900; nervure + -ation

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nervuration

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.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall

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