The wings were huge, featherless, covered with a membrane so delicate that a network of fine green veins could be seen beneath.

He brought them to his lips, kissing the nails, the knuckles, the delicate membrane between forefinger and thumb.

At first, each smutted head is covered by a delicate, paperlike, grayish membrane.

Its noise was like a sharp fingernail tearing at the delicate membrane of the eardrum.

Prolonged use of these types of sprays can damage the delicate mucous membranes in the nose.

I can see the delicate membrane inside, see where it has tom and the blood and tissue has rushed out.

His hands instinctively pressed to his head, trying to protect the delicate membrane of his eardrums.

I squeezed Mel's eyes shut to keep from slashing too brutally the delicate inner membrane, with my light.

The space between these two delicate membranes is known as the intrapleural space (pleural cavity).

The endostome is a more delicate membrane, and its teeth are aligned between the teeth of the exostome.