venation noun2 •The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.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). — 2017 •(no longer used) The hunting of wild animals.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 — 1650 formsvenations