Usually means: Front pair of insect wings.
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  1. forewing: Merriam-Webster
  2. forewing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forewing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forewing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forewing: Vocabulary.com
  6. forewing: Wiktionary
  7. forewing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. forewing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. forewing: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. forewing: Dictionary.com
  11. Forewing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. forewing: Rhymezone
  13. forewing: FreeDictionary.org
  14. forewing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. forewing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Forewing)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of fore wing [(entomology, in an insect) Either member of the pair of wings closest to the head.]

Similar:
hindwing, hindwing, pronotum, fuscous, upperside, elytron, discal, underwing, scutellum, pronotal, more...

Opposite:
hindwing, rearwing, backwing

Adjectives:
dorsal, upperside, right, underside, left, male, white, female, inner, central, black

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Similar:
hindwing, hindwing, pronotum, fuscous, upperside, elytron, discal, underwing, scutellum, pronotal, more...

Opposite:
hindwing, rearwing, backwing

Adjectives:
dorsal, upperside, right, underside, left, male, white, female, inner, central, black



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