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Meanings of alate in English

Having wings.

        Usage of alate in English
        1
        Cells more or less pyriform, alate, narrow below, bulging or ventricose upwards.
        Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
        2
        The Bulls also received alate-game touchdown pass from No.
        Reuters
        3
        Cells sub-globular, compressed, more or less alate.
        Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
        4
        In contrast, workers, soldiers and alates were almost exclusively sexually produced by mating between the female neotenics and a single king.
        Pubmed
        5
        The colonies also released thousands of winged males and females, known as alates, whose sole purpose is to reproduce and start new colonies.
        BBC
        Frequent collocations
        Alate through the time