red underwing

1. 1.

   moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings

   SynonymsCatocala nupta

   Broaderunderwing

Questions about red underwing

What does red underwing mean?

red underwing means "moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings".

What is another word for red underwing?

Close synonyms include Catocala nupta. 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 red underwing a common word?

red underwing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.