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名詞

hind wing (plural hind wings)

1. (entomology, in an insect with two pairs of wings) Either member of the pair of wings closer to the tail.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “wing closer to the tail”): fore wing

参考

• Insect wing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

名詞

hindwing (plural hindwings)

1. Alternative spelling of hind wing
   • 1890, George Frederick Leycester Marshall, Lionel de Nicéville, The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon:

     the Amblypodia group presents a more or less elongated form of hindwing with some variety in the shape and caudation ;

   • 2001, Oliver Schäffler et al, Butterflies of the World: Papilionidae. - 6:

     the hindwings are a little narrower and longer the light maculation of the upperside of the forewing is markedly reduced and the cellspot only faintly suggested.

   • 2015 October 21, “Familial Clarification of Saucrosmylidae stat. nov. and New Saucrosmylids from Daohugou, China (Insecta, Neuroptera)”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     As an extinct clade, many species of the saucrosmylids were erected just based on a single fore- or hindwing, and it should be realized that providing more stable characters is necessary when describing new lacewing taxa just based on an isolated hindwing.