nervure

American  

[nur-vyoor] / ˈnɜr vjʊər /

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

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Example Sentences

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nervure

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

The wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells, and one recurrent nervure.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

The projecting portions of both wing-cases are traversed by a similar strong nervure, but this is scored like a file only in one of them, in the other remaining perfectly smooth.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates

At this fold the median nervure stops and is joined by a cross nervure to the radial, which can be distinguished throughout its length from the subcostal.

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

Each space is surrounded by a strong nervure and goffered by slight wrinkles or depressions.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall

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