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alar

[ey-ler]
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adjective

pertaining to or having wings; alary.
winglike; wing-shaped.
Anatomy, Botany. axillary.

RELATED WORDS

feathered, fleet, wounded, fast, sublime, elevated, alary, axillary, lofty, rapid, swift, alate, pennate

Nearby words

  1. alanyl,
  2. alaouite,
  3. alap,
  4. alapa,
  5. alappuzha,
  6. alar cartilage,
  7. alar spine,
  8. alarcón,
  9. alaric,
  10. alarm

Origin of alar

1830–40; < Latin ālāris equivalent to āl(a) wing (see ala) + -āris -ar1
Related formsin·ter·a·lar, adjective

Alar

[ey-lahr]

Trademark.

a brand of daminozide.
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British Dictionary definitions for alar

alar

adjective

relating to, resembling, or having wings or alae
denoting the cells at the base of a moss leaf, to the sides, that sometimes differ in structure from cells in the rest of the leaf

Word Origin for alar

C19: from Latin āla a wing

Alar

noun

a chemical sprayed on cultivated apple trees in certain countries, to increase fruit setAlso called: daminozide
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Word Origin and History for alar

alar

adj.

"wing-like," c.1840; "of or pertaining to wings," 1847, from Latin alaris, from ala "wing, armpit, wing of an army" (source of Spanish ala, French aile), from *axla, originally "joint of the wing or arm;" from PIE *aks- (see axis).

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Medicine definitions for alar

alar

[ā′lər]

adj.

Resembling, containing, or composed of wings or alae; axillary.
Relating to the ala of such structures as the nose, sphenoid bone, and sacrum.
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