Hindmargin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hindmargin is a noun meaning The hindmost edge, especially when it differs in some property from the rest of the body part.
Meaning
The hindmost edge, especially when it differs in some property from the rest of the body part.
Example Sentences
The pronotum in bees is similar to sphecids, but it is always short and sometimes the hindmargin is concavely arcuate.
All these characters separate N. niveimacula from a sympatric and closely related, unnamed Notocydia species with a narrower white band across the forewing, but also with a scale pencil along the hindmargin of the hindwing cell in the male.
Word Forms
- hindmargins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rear, rear end, undermargin, posterior, submargin, ambitus.
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