Definition of "net-veined" [net•-veined]

• Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "Areolet: one of the small spaces between veins of net-veined insects."
• "Neuroptera: nerve-winged: an ordinal term applied to insects with four net-veined wings; mouth mandibulate: head free: thorax loosely agglutinated; metamorphosis complete: in its older use, the term applied to all net-veined insects irrespective of metamorphosis or thoracic structure."
• "Phyloptera: the super-ordinal term proposed to include all the net-veined orders, the Orthoptera and Dermatoptera."