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1. (n.) alula
a membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect.
Etymology: (1765–75; < NL, dim. of L āla wing; see ala , -ule)
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1. (noun) alula, calypter
scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
2. (noun) bastard wing, alula, spurious wing
tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
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1. (noun) alula
a false or bastard wing. See under Bastard
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