Alulaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈæljuːlə/

語源 1

From Latin ala (“wing”) +‎ -ula.

名詞

alula (plural alulae or alulas)

1. (ornithology) A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. [from 18th c.]
   • 2021, Peter Cavanagh, “Preface”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 10:

     More recently, the upturned wing tips of jet aircraft mimic the "fingers" of birds' terminal primary feathers, and the slotted leading edges of aircraft wings are directly copied from the alula ("thumb" wings) in birds.

   • 2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian‎:

     On the wing, even the tiny “thumb feather” or alula can be seen.

同意語

• bastard wing

派生語

• alular

語源 2

From Hawaiian ʻŌlulu.

名詞

alula (plural alulas)

1. A flower, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid

同意語

• vulcan palm
• cabbage on a stick
• Brighamia insignis / B. insignis / insignis

上位語

• Brighamia
• lobelioid
• Hawaiian lobelioid