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Definition of Alular
1. Adjective. Pertaining to alulae.
Definition of Alular
1. a. Pertaining to the alula.
Definition of Alular
1. Adjective. (zoology) Pertaining to the alula. ¹
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Definition of Alular
1. alula [adj] - See also: alula
Medical Definition of Alular
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alular
Literary usage of Alular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"alular feathers greyish-brown. Primary quills brownish-black, tinged with grey
towards the base; the shaft brown. Secondaries ash-grey, whitish, ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"250 INSECTA. clined on each side of the body; and the alular very large and
covering the halteres; the head is small and globular, the thorax very high or ..."
3. Ornithology by Geological Survey of California, James Graham Cooper (1870)
"Quills (except inner tertials) black, margined or tipped with white ; a broad
white patch along the exterior of the greater wing coverts and alular feathers ..."
4. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... the alular scales, the shape of the abdomen, the markings on the body, and
the convergence of the third and fourth longitudinal veins of the wings are ..."
5. Ornithological rambles in Sussex by Arthur Edward Knox (1855)
"... of the body or limbs presented any marks of violence, except a slight laceration
of the alular feathers on one wing and the plumage of the breast. ..."
6. The Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century by James Barron (1903)
"Xne religious character of Charles Grant is apparent from what has boon written
above. Hugh alular traces his piety to early impressions received at ..."
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