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alar (adj.)
"wing-like," c. 1840; "of or pertaining to wings," 1847, from Latin
alaris
, from
ala
"wing, armpit, wing of an army" (source of Spanish
ala
, French
aile
), from
*axla
, originally "joint of the wing or arm;" from PIE
*aks-
(see
axis
).
