different between alulae vs alula

English

Noun

alulae

1. plural of alula

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ælju?l?/

Etymology 1

From Latin; diminutive of ala (“wing”).

Noun

alula (plural alulae or alulas)

1. (ornithology) A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. [from 18th c.]
   • 2017, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 28 June:

     On the wing, even the tiny “thumb feather” or alula can be seen.

Synonyms

• bastard wing

Translations

Etymology 2

Hawaiian ??lulu

Noun

alula (plural alulas)

1. A flower, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid

Synonyms

• vulcan palm
• cabbage on a stick
• Brighamia insignis / B. insignis / insignis

Hypernyms

• Brighamia
• lobelioid
• Hawaiian lobelioid

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lul?/, [??lul?]
• Rhymes: -?lul?
• Syllabification: a?lu?la

Noun

alula

1. (ornithology) alula

Declension

Synonyms

• pikkusiipi

Anagrams

• laula

French

Noun

alula f (plural alulas)

1. alula (feather)

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin ?la (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.lu.la/
• Hyphenation: à?lu?la

Noun

alula f (plural alule)

1. Meanings related to zoology:
   1. (ornithology) bastard wing, alula
   2. (entomology) alula, axillary lobe (broad lobe at the proximal posterior margin of the wing stalk of Diptera)
2. (aeronautics) leading-edge slot (aerodynamic feature of an aircraft's wing)

Related terms

• ala

References

• alula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana