neuration
(njʊˈreɪʃən)
[irreg. f. neur- + -ation, after nervation.]
The arrangement or distribution of the nervures or veins, esp. in the wings of insects, or the leaves of plants.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxv. III. 610 The circumstance that most strikingly distinguishes tegmina from elytra is their neuration or veining. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 271 The neuration of a leaf. 1859 Darwin Orig. Spec. v. (1873) 124 In certain genera the neuration differs in the different species. 1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism 241 The very distinct neuration of the wings..can be easily seen. |