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6 words match “ALULA”

ALULA n.
A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
ALULAR a.
Pertaining to the alula.
BASTARD a.
to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.
FALSE a.
See Vampire. -- False window. (Arch.) See False door, above. -- False wing. (Zoöl.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard. -- False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.
SPURIOUS a.
ced in size, as in certain singing birds. -- Spurious wing (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.
WINGLET n.
A bastard wing, or alula.