alula

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of alula in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Bir çok sinek türünde kanatının arka tarafının kaidesinde bulunan küçük lop

English - English

Definition of alula in English English dictionary

Bastard wing. A small projection on the anterior edge of the wing on some birds

tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing

\Al"u*la\, n (Zoology) A false wing

Three feathers springing from the base of the primaries Synonym(s): alular quills

scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly

See under Bastard

A false or bastard wing

Hyphenation

a·lu·la

Etymology

[ 'al-y&-l& ] (noun.) 1772. From Latin; diminutive of ala (“wing”).