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Moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings
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underwing
Word definitions for underwing in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A hind wing on an insect. 2 A member of the genus (taxlink Catocala genus noshow=1), a nocturnal moth which usually has brightly coloured underwings. 3 (context ornithology English) The underside of a bird's wing.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underwing \Un"der*wing`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the posterior wings of an insect. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous ...
Usage examples of underwing.
The flat belly and underwing surface drifted down to maglev distance, fields meshing with those of the runway, and it slid frictionless at half a meter until the gentle magnetic tugging brought it to a halt.
Although Icarii rarely changed the color of their hair or their wingbacks, they tended to dye their underwings as the impulse took them.
Her wingbacks were the same gold as her hair, and she dyed her underwings to match her eyes so that in the air she was all gold and violet.
That knowledge was emphasized by the entrance of the entire Strike Force, fully armed, all the Crest-Leaders and many of the Strike Force with both underwings and wingbacks dyed in the ebony of war.
Within seconds he was into the haven of the cloud bank with his guns cold and unfired, and a few shrapnel tears in the belly and the underwings.
He was soon joined by the black dragon with rose-brown underwings, then a gold, then the brown and the second gold.
It was as if he knew very well that his green-bronze hide, accented by startling silver underwings, made him easily the most beautiful of all the sires—and he intended to take advantage of it.
The other dragons had flown, but the reddish female remained, her underwings gleaming as she circled over the pyre.
Pol recognized Sadalian, Riyan’s dragon, by his black underwings as he rose on an updraft.
Her hide had lost some of its suppleness, and her gold underwings some of their luster, her eyes some of their sharpness.
And it wasn’t just any dragon that soared over Feruche, but Maarken’s own Pavisel, black as night against the blue sky, silvery underwings gleaming like gathered stars.
A black female with iridescent silver underwings called out from her vantage at the crater’s lip.
Only Sionell saw Pol take a deep breath to steady himself, fix his gaze on a large blue-gray three-year-old with silvery underwings, and close his eyes.
The contasting underwings were black, the skin almost silky to the touch.
RavenCrest's breeches matched his underwings and about both his upper arms shone the twin silver armbands of his rank.