WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
al•u•la
(al′yə lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lae
al′u•lar, adj.
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(-lē′).USA pronunciation
- BirdsAlso 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.
- Insectsa membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Latin āl(a) wing + -ula -ule
- 1765–75
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