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Net-veined

Net-veined \Net"-veined`\, a. Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.

Usage examples of "net-veined".

There were giant dragon-flies, as large as a man, whose gauzy, net-veined wings formed a roof over the body when they were at rest, and which turned into vast, buzzing apparitions when they suddenly took to the air.