ALULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alular mean? 

• ALULAR (adjective)
  The adjective ALULAR has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to alulae

  Familiarity information: ALULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to alulae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Pertainym:

alula (tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing)

Derivation:

alula (tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing)

alula (scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly)