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What does underwing mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word underwing? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A hind wing on an insect.
  2. A member of the genus Catocala, a nocturnal moth which usually has brightly coloured underwings.
  3. (ornithology) The underside of a bird's wing.
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White underwing linings and some white at the wrist above are visible when the bird flies.
Males are mostly green with red sides to the body and red underwing coverts, with some blue in the wings and tail.
The success of the Typhoon in the ground-attack role led to trials with two 250-lb. or two 500-lb. bombs which were carried on underwing racks.
It could carry six 8-kg dummy bombs on underwing pylons and had a gunner turret in the rear seat.
The answer to the problem was to hang immense fuel tanks from underwing pylons.
Many have paler underparts than upperparts and barred underwing and tail feathers, a patterning that may make them less visible to prey.

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