|
|
Definition of Alated
1. Adjective. (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions. "Alate seeds of a maple tree"
Definition of Alated
1. Adjective. Alate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alated
1. having wings [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alated
Literary usage of Alated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Conchological Manual by George Brettingham Sowerby (1852)
"83 With regard to these alated species of Uniones, it is necessary to observe
that they arc also "adnate" as it is termed; the two valves being joined to ..."
2. The Complete Writings of Thomas Say, on the Conchology of the United States by Thomas Say, William Greene Binney (1858)
"Shell oblong, hinge margin elevated in a right line from the beak to the alated
angle, from which it declines also in a right line nearly to an equal ..."
3. Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Historical, Critical by Augustin Calmet, Charles Taylor, Edward Wells (1814)
"... frequently an- gulated and hairy, together with the stalk ; petioles not
alated, with lateral filiform pedicles, and terminating with a nodding umbel. ..."
Other Resources:
