hindwing

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A form of hind wing — Either member of the pair of wings closer to the tail.

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Meanings

nounhindwing (plural hindwings)

plural hindwings

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hind wing.

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

    1890, George Frederick Leycester Marshall, Lionel de Nicéville, The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon
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    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.

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

    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.

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*hinder
  2. Old Englishhindan
  3. Middle Englishhinde
  4. Englishhind
  5. Englishwing
  6. Englishhindwing

From hind + wing.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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