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Definition of Hindwing
1. a rear wing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindwing
Literary usage of Hindwing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"28) usually have the wings deeply cleft—a single cleft in the fore wing and two
in the hindwing. The hairy larvae feed openly on leaves, while the soft and ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"On the right hindwing the red and grey equally divided, on the left the former
... Both the left wings and the right forewing ? , right hindwing i ; left ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"The third feather of the hindwing with a large brown tuft of scales near the tip
... The tuft on the third feather of the hindwing is brown, and is situated ..."
4. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1884)
"a brownish marginal fascia, which curves below the ocellus and extends up the
disc towards the costa : hindwing with a very small apical ocellus, ..."
5. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1891)
"... its posterior portion being shifted inwardly ; on the hindwing this line is
... and whereas on the forewing it is straight, on the hindwing it is highly ..."
6. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1893)
"Of large size ; upperside, hindwing with complete submarginal and marginal ...
Of small size ; upperside, hindwing in the male (as described) with throe ..."
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