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後翅 (こうし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

後こう翅し

こ

う

し

Meanings

1

noun

hindwing

Technical term used in entomology to refer to the posterior pair of wings on an insect.

チョウの後こう翅しには美うつくしい模も様ようがある。
The butterfly's hindwings have beautiful patterns.

Kanji

後behind, back, later
翅(insect) wings, fly, merely

Similar words

前ぜん翅し
前翅 refers to the forewing, the anterior pair of wings, contrasting with 後翅 (hindwing).

Etymology

Compound of 後 (こう, 'rear') and 翅 (し, 'wing'), a straightforward Sino-Japanese term.