Alary
/ˈeɪ.lə.ɹi/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to wings.
"1658: the Butterfly bloomes of leguminous plants, the lower leaf closely involving the rudimental Cod, and the alary or wingy divisions embracing or hanging over it. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 205)"
Adjective
- 1 having or resembling wings wordnet
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More examples"1658: the Butterfly bloomes of leguminous plants, the lower leaf closely involving the rudimental Cod, and the alary or wingy divisions embracing or hanging over it. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 205)"
Etymology
From Latin alarius, from ala (“wing”).