Forewing Synonyms

fôrwĭng
Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fore-wing

Words Related to Forewing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hindwing
  2. hindwings
  3. upperside
  4. pronotum
  5. wing case
  6. underparts
  7. upperwing

Forewing Sentence Examples

  • The female also has two spots on the upper forewing.

  • The name was first used by Linnaeus (1735), who derived it from the half-coriaceous and half-membranous condition of the forewing in many members of the order.

  • The Anthocoridae are nearly related to the Cimicidae, but the wings are usually well developed and the forewing possesses cuneus and embolium as well as corium and clavus.

  • The Acridiidae have the feelers and the ovipositor relatively short, and possess only three tarsal segments; their ears are situated on the first abdominal segment and the males stridulate by scraping rows of pegs on the inner aspect of the hind thigh, over the sharp edges of the forewing nervures.

  • The adult moths have a grayish forewing with an angled darker marking just inside the cleft.

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