alula
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al·u·la 
[al-yuh-luh] Pronunciation Key
[al-yuh-luh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -lae
[-lee] Pronunciation Key.
[-lee] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | Also called bastard wing, spurious wing. the group of three to six small, rather stiff feathers growing on the first digit, pollex, or thumb of a bird's wing. |
| 2. | a membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect. |
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| al·u·la
(āl'yə-lə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. al·u·lae (-lē') A small joint in the middle of a bird's wing, homologous with the thumb and bearing three or four quill-like feathers. Also called bastard wing, spurious wing. [New Latin, diminutive of Latin āla, wing.] al'u·lar (-lər) adj. |
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| alula | |
noun | |
| 1. | scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly |
| 2. | tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing [syn: bastard wing] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Alula
Al"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. ala a wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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