alatedadj.
/əˈleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /əˈleɪdᵻd/ Chiefly Botany and Zoology.
Winged, having wings; = alate adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > wing-like or with winged parts
alated1653
alate1661
winged1776
apterous1830
tripterous1866
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins
finned1340
wingedc1405
wingy1596
alated1753
pinnated1776
alate1876
pinnate1890
the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like a wing
alary1658
aliform1698
alate1743
alar1791
bats-wing1838
alated1879
1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 56 Power (like all things alated) seldome rests long in any continued Line.
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 679 This hath alated or winged Leaves.
1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 31 147 It is by some call'd the Swamp Sumach; this in its manner of growing and alated Leaves, very much resembles the Sumach.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Quadrupeds The bat, which is the only alated or winged quadruped, properly speaking.
1818 Nicholson's Brit. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) IV. 19/1 The young of the alated shells..are destitute of that broad expansive or furcated lip, called the wing.
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 17 On the obverse Pallos Nikephora with alated helmet.
1920 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 22 84 He secured eight alated adult specimens, all females, five of which had lost the wings.
1980 Amer. Jrnl. Bot 67 335 Segments linear-lanceolate, the angles of the junction of the segments salient or alated.
2007 Jrnl. Insect Sci. 7 xi. 2 (caption) This pair was collected during copulation when the female was alated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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