Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ala"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ala \A"la\, n.; pl. {Al[ae]}. [L., a wing.] (Biol.)
A winglike organ, or part.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ala
n 1: a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism:
"the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the
flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"
2: a wing of an insect
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