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red underwing

noun

  1. a large noctuid moth, Catocala nupta , having dull forewings and hind wings coloured red and black
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Notoriously poor fliers, lanternflies flash bright red underwings when they hop or run, a practice believed to help ward off potential predators.

The red underwing had never come back, though Jacob had waited.

And the red underwing had circled round the light and flashed and gone.

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