Definitions
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 ordistribution ofnerves , as in theleaves of aplant or thewings of aninsect .
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Examples
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This very singular genus differs from all the Stridulantes in the size and shape of the prothorax; in the neuration of the elytra it is allied to PLATYPLEURA (Amyst and Serville) in the size of head and hairiness of body it approaches CARINETA of the same authors.
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Apart from this feature the Trichoptera also differ from the typical Neuroptera in the relatively simple, mostly longitudinal neuration of the wings, the absence or obsolescence of the mandibles and the semi-haustellate nature of the rest of the mouth-parts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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_Megischus_; on examination, however, it will be found that it differs from that genus in the neuration of the anterior wings; its femora are not denticulate, in which character it differs from both _Megischus_ and
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Again in the fossorial hymenoptera, the neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species.
V. Laws of Variation. Specific Characters More Variable Than Generic Characters 1909
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Cases of variation similar to those now adduced among butterflies might be increased indefinitely, but it is as well to note that such important characters as the neuration of the wings, on which generic and family distinctions are often established, are also subject to variation.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The figures above of the fore and hind wings of two of these mimicking species, from Dr. Fritz Müller's original paper in _Kosmos_, will serve to show the considerable amount of difference, in the important character of the neuration of the wings, between these butterflies, which really belong to very distinct and not at all closely allied genera.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The spur on the anterior tibiæ is also found in some of the Hesperidæ, and is therefore supposed to show a direct affinity between the two groups: but I do not imagine it can counterbalance the differences in neuration and in every other part of their organization.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Rev. R.P., variation in the neuration of butterflies 'wings, 45
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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As an example of the resemblance, woodcuts are given of one pair in which the colours are simple, being olive, yellow, and black, while the very distinct neuration of the wings and form of the head and body can be easily seen.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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This very singular genus differs from all the Stridulantes in the size and shape of the prothorax; in the neuration of the elytra it is allied to PLATYPLEURA (Amyst and Serville) in the size of head and hairiness of body it approaches CARINETA of the same authors.
mollusque commented on the word neuration
The venation in the wings of an insect.
January 26, 2008