1) Bastard wing 2) Bastard wing of birds 3) Bebop follower of the 1950s 4) Bird wing 5) Calypter 6) False wing 7) Finnish magazine 8) Latin girl name 9) Quarterly magazine 10) Rudimentary wing 11) Spurious wing 12) Squama 13) Thumblike wing part 14) Wing feathers 15) Wing of a sort 16) Wing of sorts
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1) Calypter
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The alula, or bastard wing, (plural alulae) is a small projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern (and some ancient) birds. The word is Latin and means `winglet`; it is the diminutive of ala, meaning `wing`. The alula is the freely moving first digit, a bird`s `thumb,` and typically bears three to five small flight feathers, with...
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[magazine] Alula was an ornithological magazine published in Finland. Initially it was published in both Finnish and English, but the final volumes were published in English only. It was aimed primarily at birders with an interest in the birds of the Western Palearctic. The final issue of Alula was issued in 2008 (volume 14, issue 3) after ...
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In insects (not birds) the outermost of the three flap-like outgrowths at the base of the wing in various flies
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• (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
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In insects (not birds) the outermost of the three flap-like outgrowths at the base of the wing in various flies: really a part of the wing membrane.
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Also called bastard wing, this projection on the front edge of the wing typically has three to five feathers which can be spread when flying slowly to keep the bird from stalling. The alula is the first digit, anatomically analogous to the thumb.
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Al'u·la noun [ New Latin , dim. of Latin
ala a wing.]
(Zoology) A false or bastard wing. See under
Bastard .
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The Alula was a Japanese-built Italian gunboat of 308 tons displacement launched in 1912 as the Sekijyo Mara and acquired by the Italian government in 1917. The Alula had a top speed of 13 knots, carried a complement of 27 and was armed with a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun.
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a small winglike group of feathers at the bend of the wing, supported by the anteriormost digit
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Three small, stiff feathers control the flow of air over the wing during flight.
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n] - scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
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A group of two to six feathers projecting from the phalanx of the bird's first finger (its thumb) at the bend of the wing. It reduces turbulence by allowing fine control of airflow over the wing.
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Group of small feathers on the first digit, orig, Lat: alula
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Calypter - a membranous flap that is located at the base of the wing in some species of fly.
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Feathers attached to the thumb or pollex, located mid-wing area.
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noun scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
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Usually four small feathers found on a bird's 'thumb' (first digit), also known as the 'bastard' wing; controls airflow over the leading edge of the wing.
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Also calledthe group of three to six small, rather stiff feathers growing on the first digit, pollex, or thumb of a bird's wing. · a membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect.
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