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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈeɪˌleɪt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaeltStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions

Word origin

From Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”).

Used in a sentence

  • Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.
  • There hathe bene alate ſuche tales ſpreade abroade, and moſt vntruly, ſuch falſe taletellers ſhal haue a greuous puniſhement of the Lord whan he ſhall come to rewarde euerye one according vnto his deſertes.

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