Plural of alaris or alar; wing-shaped structures or parts in anatomy, or in zoology, the plural of a structural term.
From Latin ala (wing) with the -res plural ending, used in anatomical and zoological Latin terminology.
In insect anatomy, alares refers to small sclerites (hardened plates) at the base of wings—these tiny structures are so important that insects can't even move their wings properly without them.
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