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View synonyms for alate
alate
[ ey-leyt ]
adjective
- having wings; winged.
- having membranous expansions like wings.
noun
- the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
alate
/ ˈeɪleɪt /
adjective
- having wings or winglike extensions
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- sub·alate adjective
- sub·alat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alate1
C17: from Latin ālātus, from āla wing
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Example Sentences
On Saturday the WHO said the patient in Japan had travelled to Wuhan in alate December but did not visit the Hunan seafood market or any other live animal markets.
From The Guardian
Winged, furnished with wings: swift: wounded in the wing: lofty, sublime: alate, abounding in wings.—adv.
From Project Gutenberg
This latter name I consider the correct one, for these organs unquestionably preside over alate equilibrium: they are true balancers.
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Cells more or less pyriform, alate, narrow below, bulging or ventricose upwards.
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