venation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ve=na=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

venation, n. [L. vena a vein.].

 The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.  [1913 Webster]

venation, n. [L. venatio, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt. See Venison.].

 The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

venation, n. the arrangement of veins in a leaf or an insect's wing etc., or the system of venous blood vessels in an organism.

Derivative

venational adj.

Etymology

L vena vein

ROGET THESAURUS

venation

Pursuit

N pursuit, pursuing, prosecution, pursuance, enterprise, business, adventure, quest, scramble, hue and cry, game, hobby, still-hunt, chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing, venation, venery, fox chase, sport, sporting, shooting, angling, fishing, hawking, shikar (Geog loc:India), pursuer, hunter, huntsman, shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman, Nimrod, hound, pursuing, in quest of, in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit, on the scent, in pursuance of, after, Int, tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!.