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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having lost the wings. Used of ants, termites, and other insects that shed their wings after a mating flight.
  • noun A dealate insect.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Deprived of wings: said of the queens of ants whose wings are shed after the nuptial flight.

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  • adjective entomology Having lost or shed its wings, usually in the normal course of its life cycle.

Etymologies

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de- +‎ alate

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