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Definition of alate in English: alateadjective ˈeɪleɪtˈeɪleɪt Botany Entomology (chiefly of insects or seeds) having wings or winglike appendages. Example sentencesExamples - Ventral valve most strongly convex posteriorly, ventral deflection beginning at about 6 mm from beak, becoming slightly alate, but not preserved on anterior portion of valve.
- Note that valve diameters do not include the alate longitudinal ridges.
- Adult shells of both C. syringothyriformis and species of Regelia are large with alate cardinal extremities and large nearly catacline ventral interareas.
- Medium-sized, alate, subequally biconvex shells with deflected anterior margins in later growth stages.
- Some possess wide ‘wings,’ or alate lamellae, while in other species the lamellae fold into delicate spines.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin alatus, from ala 'wing'. Definition of alate in US English: alateadjectiveˈālātˈeɪleɪt Botany Entomology (chiefly of insects or seeds) having wings or winglike appendages. Example sentencesExamples - Ventral valve most strongly convex posteriorly, ventral deflection beginning at about 6 mm from beak, becoming slightly alate, but not preserved on anterior portion of valve.
- Some possess wide ‘wings,’ or alate lamellae, while in other species the lamellae fold into delicate spines.
- Note that valve diameters do not include the alate longitudinal ridges.
- Adult shells of both C. syringothyriformis and species of Regelia are large with alate cardinal extremities and large nearly catacline ventral interareas.
- Medium-sized, alate, subequally biconvex shells with deflected anterior margins in later growth stages.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin alatus, from ala ‘wing’. |