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# forewing

«forewing» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the two front wings of an insect that has four…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a forewing, forewings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A forewing is one of the two front wings of an insect that has four wings, like a butterfly, moth, bee or beetle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#m1)

2) In beetles the forewings are hard cases that cover and protect the back wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science lessons on insects and minibeasts, butterfly patterns and classification. Phrases: forewing and hindwing, front wing.

### examples

- The butterfly's forewings have orange spots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#x1)
- A ladybird's red forewings protect the wings underneath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#x2)
- Count the forewings and hindwings: four in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#x3)
- The moth's forewings are bigger than its hindwings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#x4)
- Bees hook their forewings and hindwings together to fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#x5)
- We drew the pattern on the forewing in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/#x6)

### note

Countable; opposite hindwing (back wing). «Fore-» means front. Insects have six legs and many have two pairs of wings: 2 forewings + 2 hindwings = 4.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forewing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forewing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.