臀角

túnjiǎo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 anal angle
  2. 2 (entomology) the rear inner corner of an insect wing, where the anal margin meets the outer margin

Examples

Húdié hòuchì de túnjiǎo yǒushí huì yǒu wěitū.
The anal angle of a butterfly's hindwing sometimes bears a tail-like projection.
Jiàndìng zhè zhǒng ézi kěyǐ kàn túnjiǎo de bānwén.
You can identify this moth by looking at the markings on its anal angle.

Tips

usage
Technical entomology term. ('rear, anal') describes the hindmost part of the wing and ('corner, angle') names the point. Field guides use the anal angle's shape, colour and scaling as a key character for separating closely related species.

Stroke Order

tún
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