alate

• C. umbonata, n. sp Cells more or less pyriform, alate, narrow below, bulging or ventricose upwards. —  Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
• This latter name I consider the correct one, for these organs unquestionably preside over alate equilibrium: they are true balancers. —  The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals
• How far away is your pharm, exactly A little less than three kilometers, as the alate flies,” I told her. —  Asimov'sSF,March2008

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