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

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

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

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

From another hinder trunk arise the two-branched cubital nervure and three separate anal nervures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Discocellular nervure or vein: Lepidoptera; = discal vein, q.v.

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