Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to an alula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the alula.
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- adjective zoology Pertaining to the
alula .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pertaining to alulae
Etymologies
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alula + -ar
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Examples
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Of the three digits, the one on the leading or anterior surface of the hand (the one that looks like it should be a thumb, or digit I) is often called the alular digit.
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A projecting structure termed the extensor process (or extensor attachment) is present between the carpal trochlea and the alular digit; it belongs to metacarpal I (also called the alular metacarpal), but this is hard to appreciate in modern birds because metacarpal I is fused imperceptibly into the carpometacarpus as mentioned above [in the adjacent diagram, from
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