The Hymenoptera are those insects which have four membraneous wings.
Most insects have two pairs of these transparent membraneous wings; but in such as burrow, one pair is converted into a dense leather-like case, under which the other pair are folded away.
When these scales are brushed off, membraneouswings of the ordinary transparent character are disclosed.
In the Discomycetes or "disk fungi," the spores are produced in minute membraneous sacs, each sac usually containing eight spores.
He saw other floating eggs whose membraneous coverings had turned leathery and opaque.
Another of the membraneous spheres drifted past in the light that came from those fluttering wings.
This circular tube therefore receives five radial tubes--one from each of the five rays--and is likewise in communication with a number of membraneous sacs (Fig.
On each side of these grooves there are numerous actively moving membraneous tubes, which may be protruded or retracted by being filled or emptied with fluid.
The pods, when full grown, contain about fifteen seeds; each considerably larger than a pea, with a membraneous covering expanding into three wings, whence the specific name of pterygosperma.
A superb copy of Valerius Maximus is the only relic of that costly and noble gift, a solitary but illustrious example of the membraneous treasures of that ducal library.
This helmet consists of two membraneous prolongations of the skin, which project on either side from its broad and flattened head.
The eggs are spherical; their shell solid, but membraneous or slightly calcareous.
The hind-feet are furnished with a membraneous web, which connects the toes together, and serves as a paddle.
A membraneous fold, enclosing the bulb of the eye, stretches across the pupil, dividing the visual apparatus into the upper and lower half; a curious formation, suited to the peculiar habits of the anableps.
If the flare has been very effectually mashed, the fat may be easily melted away from the membraneous matter at 120°F.
The large hairs have their root, and even part of the filament, enclosed in a small membraneous vessel or capsule.
The plant which bears the strawberry, whether the wild or garden species, is an herb with three-partite leaves, notched at the edge with a pair of largo membraneous stipules at their base.
The body is surrounded by a membraneous sac, from the secretions of which in many species a chalky shell is formed.
Except in fleas and a few others, such as sheep-ticks, there are two membraneous front wings, the hinder pair serving as sensory structures.
An order of insects with two pairs of membraneous wings.
An order of insects with four membraneous wings, as dragon-flies.
The membraneous scales are the petals of the flower, and in the engraving (Fig.
The Hop consists of numerous membraneous scales having the fruit within, and at their base; with the fruit however we have nothing to do, as it is out of sight.
The doubts which this supposition gives rise to, confirm the opinion that the male fluid penetrates the matrix, and enters therein by the orifice, or across the membraneous coat of the viscera.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "membraneous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
