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Definition of Nervures
1. nervure [n] - See also: nervure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervures
Literary usage of Nervures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1853)
"On the nervures of Leaves and their Distribution. By L. VON BUCK. ... The nervures
have unfortunately been little noticed by botanists, as though they were ..."
2. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"Hind wings pure white ; nervures darker, but differing much in intensity ; lunule
... Hind wings white, with broad hind marginal band ; nervures blackish ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"... sides of posterior face of metathorax sparsely punctured with coarse, shallow
punctures; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma dull testaceous, ..."
4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"For the convenience of description, small Roman numerals, marking the principal
nervures, have been added to the figure of the wing (as used by Mr. Charles ..."
5. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"The Posterior Wings—their nervures, Form, Function, &c. ... These nervures taper
towards the extremity of the wing, and are strongest towards its root and ..."
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