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Definition of "neuration" [neu•ra•tion]

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

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Use "neuration" in a sentence
  • "This very singular genus differs from all the Stridulantes in the size and shape of the prothorax; in the neuration of the elytra it is allied to PLATYPLEURA (Amyst and Serville) in the size of head and hairiness of body it approaches CARINETA of the same authors."
  • "_Megischus_; on examination, however, it will be found that it differs from that genus in the neuration of the anterior wings; its femora are not denticulate, in which character it differs from both _Megischus_ and"
  • "Apart from this feature the Trichoptera also differ from the typical Neuroptera in the relatively simple, mostly longitudinal neuration of the wings, the absence or obsolescence of the mandibles and the semi-haustellate nature of the rest of the mouth-parts."