nervure

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First submarginal cross-nervure: Hymenoptera; part of the media and the radio-medial cross vein (Comst.).

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  1. noun Botany See vein.
  2. noun Zoology See vein.

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  1. French, from Old French nerveure, strap, from nerf, sinew, from Latin nervus; see nerve.

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  1. from French nervure, a rib (in architecture, botany, etc.), from Latin nervus, a sinew, fiber, nerve: see nerve.
 

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/ˈnərvjur/
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