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n. - One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect; Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

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  • This last nervure, which is of a slightly reddish hue, is the fundamental element of the musical device; it is, in short, the bow, the fiddlestick, as is proved by the...
  • Anterior wings with two submarginal cells and one recurrent nervure.
  • The wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells, and one recurrent nervure.
  • First submarginal cross-nervure: Hymenoptera; part of the media and the radio-medial cross vein (Comst.).
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