neurationn.
/njᵿˈreɪʃn/, /njʊəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly Entomology.
= venation n.2 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein > arrangement of
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > nervure > neuration
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 610 The circumstance that most strikingly distinguishes tegmina from elytra is their neuration or veining.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 271 The neuration of a leaf.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species v. 157 In certain genera the neuration [of the wings] differs in the different species.
1944 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Butterflies 165 The neuration or veining of the wings..is much more in keeping with those of the moths than with the butterflies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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