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Definition of Forewing
1. Noun. Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings.
Definition of Forewing
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fore wing) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forewing
1. an anterior wing of an insect [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forewing
Literary usage of Forewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Ind.,"ii.,p. 234 (minor, al. fase, exter. flava ; al. ant. sine mac. caerul.)
— a small form, with yellow outer margin ; no blue spots on forewing. ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"(7| A specimen with a white silvery blotch on each forewing at Fort Bowner ...
Another with only one forewing of this form, all the rest of the insect being ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"Fig. 5. Fig. 5o. Fig. EXPLANATION OF PLATES. PLATE xxxv. forewing of ... -Head
of soldier, „ „ -forewing of ..."
4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"Left forewing in shape and coloration J. All the other wings of entirely î coloration.
... On the underside : the right forewing almost entirely î -coloured ..."
5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1907)
"forewing with the orbicular quadrate, open »bove pala. ... forewing with series
of small black spots on inner side of subterminal line ralla. b. ..."
6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1903)
"I. forewing with whitish band from base to outer margin, ... forewing with three
oblique costal dashes 4 4 5- forewing without these dashes 5 forewing ..."
7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1891)
"There is also an indentation from the border on the forewing from the costa,
marking the place where the discoidal cell ends. The underside is not of so ..."
8. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1884)
"Upperside white : forewing with a narrow apical black band. Underside : forewing
white, the costal border, and apex corresponding to the band on upperside, ..."
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