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from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, having a fan-like arrangement of the nervures or veins of the wings. Also
fan-veined .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.
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