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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology, nervature; venation, as of an insect's wing.
  • noun In anatomy, the way or mode of distribution of nerves; the system of the nerves; nervation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation; venation.

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  • noun biology The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect.

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  • The venation in the wings of an insect.

    January 26, 2008