alar

Relating to wings

Alar means relating to or shaped like a wing.

The word appears mainly in scientific contexts—anatomy, botany, zoology—describing wing-like structures or positions near them: alar ligaments, alar cartilage of the nose.

Alar can also mean situated in the axil of a plant, where a leaf joins the stem.

botany

leaflike

Resembling plant foliage

  • petalBloom's colorful segment
  • sepalOuter floral whorl segment
  • outgrowthSomething developing from another

extension · flange · membrane · blade · lamina · winglike · seed · samara · maple · elm

wing

winglike

Resembling a bird's limb

feathered · pinion · membranous · lateral · paired · appendage · flight · avian · ornithology · entomology

architecture

wing

Limb enabling flight

  • annexSupplementary building or seizure
  • sideLateral portion of something
  • extensionAdded part or duration

projecting · flanking · lateral · buttress · aisle · transept · nave · pavilion · colonnade · portico

Opposites
wing presence/relation

alarwingless

Having no wings

flightless · unwinged · pedal · leglike · crural

flight capability association

alarterrestrial

Relating to land

earthbound · lowly · ambulatory · aquatic

Family

axillary

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