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Definition of "nervule" [nervule]

  • A small nerve; specifically, in entomology, a small nervure or vein of the wing, emitted by a larger one or connecting two other nervures. Also called nervulet, veinlet, venule, or branch. (noun)

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Use "nervule" in a sentence
  • "Discoidal nervule: Lepidoptera; = media 1 (Comst.)."
  • ""Note the anal angle of the secondaries and the argentiferous discal area bordering the subcostal nervule.""
  • "Mr. Edward Doubleday, in his "Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera," says, "The Papilionidæ may be known by the apparently four-branched median nervule and the spur on the anterior tibiæ, characters found in no other family.""