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forewing

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fore⋅wing

  [fawr-wing, fohr-]
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–noun
either of the anterior and usually smaller pair of wings of an insect having four wings.
Origin:
1885–90; fore- + wing
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fore·wing   (fôr'wĭng', fōr'-)   
n.  Either of a pair of anterior wings of a four-winged insect.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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