alula

2 definitions found

alula - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alula \Al"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. ala a wing.] (Zool.)
     A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
     [1913 Webster]

alula - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alula
      n 1: scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the
           halter of a two-winged fly [syn: alula, calypter]
      2: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's
         wing [syn: bastard wing, alula, spurious wing]