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alar, a.|ˈeɪlə(r)| [ad. L. ālār-is, f. āla a wing: see -ar.] 1. Of or pertaining to a wing or wings.
1847in Craig. 1860Emerson Cond. Life 171 The bone or the quill of the bird gives the most alar strength, with the least weight. 1874Coues Birds of N.-W. 544 Audubon mentions one nearly ten feet in alar expanse. 2. Winglike or wing-shaped.
1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. III. 829/2 The alar bones..are in reality distinct elements of the cranium. 1845Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. I. 127 The knee affords some remarkable examples of these folds, in what are known as the alar ligaments. 3. Bot. and Phys. Belonging to the axil or axilla, axillary.
1858Gray Bot. Text-bk. 395 Alar. From ala in the sense of axilla, therefore axillary or in the forks. 1879Syd. Soc. Lex., Alar vein, a vein which, after collecting blood from the axilla, joins the axillary vein. |