alar

[ey-ler]

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adjective

pertaining to or having wings; alary.

winglike; wing-shaped.

Anatomy, Botany. axillary.

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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Related Words for alar

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

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Historical Examples of alar

Our vessel was called the Alar, and she belonged to Mr. Crockford.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign
Alexis Soyer
In length, he measures ten and a half inches, in alar extent, nearly seventeen.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848
Various
In this coral the calicle is divided into quadrants by four principal septa, the main septum, counter septum, and two alar septa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2
Various
Feather sheaths of the alar tracts penetrated the skin the first day after hatching.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two
Arthur Bent
About eleven, all, except myself, had left the Alar in the full conviction of having enjoyed themselves very much indeed.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign
Alexis Soyer

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

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).

alar in Medicine

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.