net-veined

American  

[net-veynd] / 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

Example Sentences

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 Smith, John. B.

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

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 Warder, J. A.

Corrodentia: an ordinal term meaning gnawers: net-veined or wingless: mandibulate, mouth formed for gnawing; transformation incomplete; thorax incompletely agglutinated: = Psocoptera: includes Termitidae, Psocidae and Mallophaga.

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

Two pairs of large wings characterize the adult state, the first pair of which are somewhat thickened to protect the broad, net-veined hinder pair, which fold up like a fan upon the abdomen.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various