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alula

UK/ˈæljuːlə/ uncommon

noun

1.

scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly

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2.

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

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From Latin ala (“wing”) + English -ula.

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