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n. Botany See vein.

n. Zoology See vein.

n. A vein in the wing of an insect.

n. Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

n. One of the nerves of leaves.

n. One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of insects.

n. In arch.:

n. Any one of the ribs of a groined vault, but especially that part of a rib which forms one of the sides of a compartment of the groining

n. A projecting molding, particularly if small and acute-angled in profile. Also called nerve.

n. In botany, a vein or nerve of a leaf.

n. In entomology, one of the tubes or tubular thickenings which ramify in an insect's wing: a nerve, vein, or costa proceeding along one of certain definite lines, to strengthen the wing and, through a central hollow, to nourish it.

n. one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

n. any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

"This last nervure, which is of a slightly reddish hue, is the fundamental element of the musical device; it is, in short, the bow, the fiddlestick, as is proved by the fine notches which run across it."

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