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prealar

prealar adjective: anterior to an ala (wing).

Adjective

prealar (not comparable)

  1. anterior to an ala (wing)
    • Only the prealar scales permit females of Cx.2016 January 8, “Ecological Distribution and CQ11 Genetic Structure of Culex pipiens Complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Italy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prealar

From pre- + alar.

Questions about prealar

What does prealar mean?
Prealar means anterior to an ala (wing).
What part of speech is prealar?
Prealar is an adjective.

Words near prealar in the dictionary

  1. preagriculturalist
  2. preagriculturalists
  3. preagriculture
  4. Preah Sihanouk
  5. Preah Vihear
  6. prealar
  7. prealbumin
  8. prealcohol
  9. prealcoholic
  10. prealcoholics
  11. prealcoholism

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