Definitions for alula

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alula al·u·la

Spelling: [al-yuh-luh]

IPA: /ˈæl yə lə/

Alula is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in alula (aallu).

Definitions for alula

noun

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.

Origin of alula

1765-75; New Latin, equivalent to Latin āl(a) wing + -ula -ule

Examples for alula

Calypter: Diptera; the alula or squama when it covers the haltere.

Dead and wounded alike were horribly mutilated by order of alula.

Axillary lobe: the sclerite covering the base of the wing in Diptera; see also alula and posterior lobe.

Axillary incision: Diptera; an incision on inner margin of wing, near base, which separates the alula from the main part.