neuration

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noun

The arrangement or distribution of veins (nerves), as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect.

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Meanings

nounneuration (countable and uncountable, plural neurations)

plural neurations

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe arrangement or distribution of veins (nerves), as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect.

    Some examples are very dark in colour, and then the pale neurations on the elytra become almost obsolete.

    1891, George Bowdler Buckton, Monograph of the British Cicadae or Tettigidae, volume 2, page 81

    Synonyms: nervation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe arrangement or distribution of veins (nerves), as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect.

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nervation

Origin

From neuro- + -ation.

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