fore wing

1. 1.

   either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings

   Synonymsforewingfore-wing

   Broaderwing

Questions about fore wing

What does fore wing mean?

fore wing means "either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings".

What is another word for fore wing?

Close synonyms include forewing, fore-wing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fore wing a common word?

fore wing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.