net-veined

American  

[net-vaynd] / ˈnɛtˌveɪnd /

adjective

Botany.

1. having branched veins that form a network, as the leaves of most dicotyledonous plants.

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Etymology

Origin of net-veined

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example Sentences

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net-veined

Phyloptera: the super-ordinal term proposed to include all the net-veined orders, the Orthoptera and Dermatoptera.

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

In general form Lepisma may be compared to the larva of Perla, a net-veined Neuropterous insect, and also to the narrow-bodied species of cockroaches, minus the wings.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

Wings usually well developed, net-veined; the fore-wings of firmer texture than the hind-wings, whose anal area folds fanwise beneath them.

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

Net′ty, like a net; Net′-veined, in entomology, having a great number of veins or nervures like a network on the surface, as in the wings of many Orthoptera; Net′-winged, having net-veined wings.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Fruit large to very large, regular, oblate; surface smooth, yellow, more or less covered with marbled red, and scarlet stripes; Dots large, yellow, indented, sometimes irregularly net-veined, making it less smooth.

From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder

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