alation en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French, from Latin alatus (“winged”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state of being winged.
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(countable) A wing or wing-like structure.
Sculpture of strong wing-like structures or alations, initiated first below the smooth nuclear whorls as broad and somewhat flattened axial ridges, which on the sixth whorl become slightly oblique and expanded […]
1940, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Collected Reprints, page 117:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |