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n. - Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing; Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.

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  • Viki remembers the mysterious figure in the dark calling her 'alula' and, as she does some research, the first of a series of startling events that will change her life...
  • Calypter: Diptera; the alula or squama when it covers the haltere.
  • But the alula opened properly and I decided I must have been overcontrolling, easy to do with Storer-Gulls; they're extremely maneuverable.
  • While it was cycling I opened my left wing and thumbed the alula control -- I had noticed a tendency to sideslip the last time I was airborne.
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