Definition of alate. Meaning of alate. Synonyms of alate

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Definition of alate

Alate
Alate A*late", adv. [Pref. a- + late.] Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. --Latimer.
Alate
Alate A"late, Alated A"la*ted, a. [L. alatus, from ala wing.] Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

Meaning of alate from wikipedia

- Alate (Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”)) is an adjective and noun used in entomology and botany to refer to something that has wings or winglike structures...
- The gyne (/ˈɡaɪn/, from Gr**** γυνή, "woman") is the primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees of order Hymenoptera...
- marine), molluscs, frogs, tadpoles, fish, dung beetles, termites, alate ants, alate termites, locusts, small mammals, birds and their nestlings, snakes...
- discrete ergatoid queen caste that is intermediate between a worker and an alate queen. Despite being widely distributed across the Fijian archipelago, workers...
- Adetomyrma A blind A. venatrix worker A A. venatrix male alate Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda class:...
- oxidative stress. Termite alates (winged virgin queens and kings) only leave the colony when a nuptial flight takes place. Alate males and females pair up...
- Dorsal view of an alate pharaoh ant...
- colony is about three years old, the queen lays eggs of female and male alates, the reproductive ants that will p**** on the genes of the queens. Before...
- are the queen, worker, and soldier. Only the queens and males have wings (alate), and these ants are also known as reproductives or swarmers. Although most...
- "aptera" means wingless. "Pure wingless" clearly does not fit the winged alate forms, which were discovered several years after the wingless forms had...