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Net-veined :: Net-veined (a.) Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf..

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures..

Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..

Suprahyoid :: Suprahepatic (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins..

Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen..

Venation :: Venation (n.) The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix..

Country :: Country (adv.) The rock through which a vein runs.

Venous :: Venous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf..

Venous :: Venous (a.) Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial..

Stagnant :: Stagnant (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins..

Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein..

Sanguiferous :: Sanguiferous (a.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries..

Facial :: Facial (a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve..

Filanders :: Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm..

Bonny :: Bonny (n.) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein..

String :: String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein..

Underlay :: Underlay (v. i.) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode..

Transfuse :: Transfuse (v. t.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another..

Stocky :: Stockwork (n.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories.

Powerful :: Powerful (a.) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.

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