Alate Definition

ālāt

alated

adjective

Having wings or winglike extensions.

Alate aphids; alate petioles.

American Heritage

Having wings or winglike attachments.

Webster's New World

(entomology, botany) Having winglike extensions or parts; winged.

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Synonyms:

noun

A winged insect of a species that has both wingless and winged forms.

American Heritage

The winged form of insect species, as ants or termites, having both winged and wingless forms.

Webster's New World

A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.

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adverb

(archaic) Recently; lately; of late.

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Other Word Forms of Alate

Singular:

alate

Plural:

alates

From Latin ālatus, from āla (“wing”).

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Latin ālātus from āla wing

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
a- +‎ late.

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