alula

5 letters in word "alula": A A L L U.

No anagrams for alula found in this word list.

Words found within alula:

aa aal al ala all aula la laa

• Definitions:
• A small group of feathers attached to the first "finger" (at the bend) of the wing. Their function is to reduce turbulence and drag, and ...
• modification of the thumb on the dragon's wing. The alula supports a small membrane and aids in controlling air direction over the wing.
• These are the three feathers covering the pollex. They are thought to help regulate flight.
• Noun. (Latin, ala = wing. Pl., alulae). In some Diptera and Coleoptera: the expanded axillary membrane of the wing. In Diptera a pair of membranous scales above the halteres. The outermost lobe at the base of the wing.
• scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly bastard wing: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
• The alula, or bastard wing, is a small, feathered projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds. It is actually the thumb of the bird, and has been modified into an aerodynamical control device not too dissimilar from the forward slat on an airplane wing. ...
• Alula is an ornithological journal published in Finland. Although previously published in both Finnish and English, only the English language edition is currently produced.It is aimed primarily at birders with an interest in the birds of the Western Palearctic.

• aludels ←
• aludel ←
• alts ←
• alula
• → alulae
• → alular
• → alum