forewing

Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings.

• 🇪🇸Cada una de las alas anteriores de un insecto que tiene cuatro alas, situadas en el primer par de alas.

1. Anterior insect wing C1 formal scientific

   Either of the pair of wings located on the front part of the body of an insect that has four wings.

   • The forewing of a beetle is often hardened to protect the hindwing.
   • Butterflies use their forewings for steering during flight.
   • The forewing of a dragonfly is longer and narrower than its hindwing.

   🇪🇸Ala anterior

• forewings plural form
• forewings' possessive plural form
• forewing's possessive singular form