nervure

American  

[nur-vyoor] / ˈnɜr vyʊər /

noun

1. Botany, Zoology. a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.

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nervure British  

/ ˈnɜːvjʊə /

noun

1. entomol any of the stiff chitinous rods that form the supporting framework of an insect's wing; vein

2. botany any of the veins or ribs of a leaf

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Etymology

Origin of nervure

1810–20; < French: rib. See nerve, -ure

Example Sentences

Base of these wings in the male with a strong bristle passing behind a strong corneous retinaculum, which arises from the anterior side of the sub-costal nervure.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

It is remarkable for having a sort of drum at the base of the fore wings, between the costal nervure and the subcostal.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

This segment is bent at a right angle along a strong longitudinal nervure, and descends on the outer side in a flap which encloses the insect's flank when in the attitude of repose.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

In our British Phasgonura viridissima it appeared to me that the serrated nervure is rubbed against the rounded hind-corner of the opposite wing, the edge of which is thickened, coloured brown, and very sharp.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

The hind-wings, when developed, are characteristic in form, possessing a sub-costal nervure with which the reduced radial nervure usually becomes associated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various