Found 2 items, similar to alula.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: alula alula n 1: scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly [syn: calypter] 2: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing [syn: bastard wing, spurious wing] [also: alulae (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Alula Alula \Al"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. ala a wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. [1913 Webster]