venation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin vēnātio. Doublet of venison and venatio.

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venation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The hunting of wild animals.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      There are extant of his in Greek, four books of Cynegeticks or Venation, five of Halieuticks or Piscation, commented and published by Ritterhusius; wherein describing beasts of venery and fishes

Etymology 2

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From Latin vēna (vein) +‎ -ation.

Noun

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venation (countable and uncountable, plural venations)

  1. (botany, entomology) The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
    • 2017 March 1, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian[1]:
      For instance, native plants in the Mascarenes developed several adaptations, such as serrated leafs[sic] and leafs[sic] with red venation, to deter tortoise browsing (Cheke & Hume, 2010).
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