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Synonyms for alar

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ey-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ lər

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Définition of alar

Origin :
  • "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).
  • As in winged : adj feathered
  • As in winged : adj with wings
Example sentences :
  • Our vessel was called the Alar, and she belonged to Mr. Crockford.
  • Extract from : « Soyer's Culinary Campaign » by Alexis Soyer
  • In length, he measures ten and a half inches, in alar extent, nearly seventeen.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various
  • In this coral the calicle is divided into quadrants by four principal septa, the main septum, counter septum, and two alar septa.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
  • Feather sheaths of the alar tracts penetrated the skin the first day after hatching.
  • Extract from : « Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two » by Arthur Bent
  • About eleven, all, except myself, had left the Alar in the full conviction of having enjoyed themselves very much indeed.
  • Extract from : « Soyer's Culinary Campaign » by Alexis Soyer
  • A rumour was circulated that we should not be allowed to enter at all, the Alar being a merchant-vessel.
  • Extract from : « Soyer's Culinary Campaign » by Alexis Soyer
  • Alar frenum: a small ligament crossing the supra-alar groove toward the root of the wing: Hymenoptera.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Alar'con, king of Barca, who joined the armament of Egypt against the crusaders, but his men were only half armed.
  • Extract from : « Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 » by The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
  • Two spotted ones, whose skins I have preserved, are smaller, being only thirty-four inches in alar extent.
  • Extract from : « Round Cape Horn » by Joseph Lamson
  • Horses drag the single carriage up the slight gradient to Alar; it returns by the force of its own impetus.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunate Isles » by Mary Stuart Boyd

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