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alar

 
Dictionary: a·lar   (ā'lər) pronunciation
or a·la·ry (ā'lə-rē)
adj.
  1. Resembling, containing, or composed of wings or alae.
  2. Anatomy. Concerned with the armpit; axillary.

[Latin ālāris, from āla, wing.]


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(ā'lər)
adj.
  1. Resembling, containing, or composed of wings or alae; axillary.
  2. Relating to the ala of such structures as the nose, sphenoid bone, and sacrum.

1. pertaining to or like a wing.
2. pertaining to the axilla.

  • a. cartilage — a nasal cartilage which supports the rim of the nostril of some animals such as the horse.
  • a. fold — extends from the nostril to the ventral nasal concha. It forms the medial and ventral walls of the false nostril in the horse.
  • a. foramen — a third foramen which perforates the wing of the atlas in some animal species.
  • a. plate — dorsal bulge of the embryonic neural tube, destined to develop into the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.
  • rostral a. fold — one of a group of foramina in the caudal part of the orbit.
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (botany) of or relating to the axil
  Synonym: axillary

Meaning #2: (biology) having or resembling wings
  Synonyms: alary, aliform, wing-shaped


 
 

 

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