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Definitions of forewing
  1. noun
    either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings

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  • bug insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
  • cricket leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
  • katydid large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
  • sphingid any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
  • anglewing nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings
  • tettigoniid grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
  • luna moth large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing
  • hemipteran insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
  • cerapteryx graminis European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands
  • homopterous insect insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
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