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UK
/ɐljˈʊlæ/
]
NOUN
- scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
- tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
How To Use alula In A Sentence
- We went back to the tourist slope and I let her glide, cautioning her to hold both alulae open with her thumbs for more lift at slow speeds, while barely sculling with her fingers. The Past Through Tomorrow
- While it was cycling I opened my left wing and thumbed the alula control -- I had noticed a tendency to sideslip the last time I was airborne. The Past Through Tomorrow
- [251] "Vivant omnes honeste, ut clerici, prout decet sanctos, non pugnantes, non scurrilia vel turpia loquentes, non cantilenas sive falulas de amasiis vel luxuriosis, aut ad libidinem sonantibus narrantes, cantantes aut libenter audientes. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
- Yearlings in the study were identified in the hand by the olivegreen (rather than blue) edges of their alulae and primary coverts.
- I climbed to the roof with powerful beats, increasing my angle of attack and slotting my alulae for lift without burble -- climbing at an angle that would stall most fliers. The Past Through Tomorrow
- But the alula opened properly and I decided I must have been overcontrolling, easy to do with Storer-Gulls; they're extremely maneuverable. The Past Through Tomorrow
- I completed my stoop in front of the gallery, lowering and spreading my tail so hard I could feel leg muscles knot and grabbing air with both wings, alulae slotted. The Past Through Tomorrow
- Axillary lobe: the sclerite covering the base of the wing in Diptera; see also alula and posterior lobe. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
- ‘The alula is essential in modern birds for low-speed flight and maneuverability,’ they wrote.
- Asked if they had proof of the reported plt, Mbalula said this was difficult. ANC Daily News Briefing
