Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alula"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alula \Al"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. ala a wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
A false or bastard wing. See under {Bastard}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alula
n 1: scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the
halter of a two-winged fly [syn: {calypter}]
2: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's
wing [syn: {bastard wing}, {spurious wing}]
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