alula
/al-yuh-luh/US // ˈæl yə lə //UK // (ˈæljʊlə) //
阿鲁拉,阿卢拉,阿罗拉,阿乌拉
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural al·u·lae [al-yuh-lee]. /ˈæl yəˌli/.
- : Also called bastard wing, spurious wing. the 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.
Examples
Axillary lobe: the sclerite covering the base of the wing in Diptera; see also alula and posterior lobe.
Axillary incision: Diptera; an incision on inner margin of wing, near base, which separates the alula from the main part.
On the 23rd of September Ras Alula attacked him there with an equal number of men and routed him with great slaughter.
Ras Alula beat a hurried retreat, leaving the camp in the hands of his enemies.
Dead and wounded alike were horribly mutilated by order of Alula.
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