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Ala

(Science: biology) a winglike organ, or part.

Origin: L, a wing. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; the alae of the nose; the alae of a maple seed; the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae.A wing of an insect.Short hand version of alanine, an amino acid.