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Nov 30, 2009
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al•u•la



Pronunciation: (al'yu-lu), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -laePronunciation: (-lē"). [key]
1. Also called bastard wing, spurious wing. the group of three to six small, rather stiff feathers growing on the first digit, pollex, or thumb of a bird's wing.
2. a membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect.

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