Having wings or wing-like appendages; winged or possessing structures that resemble wings.
From Latin 'alatus,' meaning winged, derived from 'ala' (wing). The term is commonly used in biology and zoology to describe organisms or body parts that have wing-like extensions or actual wings.
In ant colonies, certain ants are 'alate'—they grow wings just long enough to find mates and start new colonies, then they snap off their own wings and become queens or kings for life. Talk about a dramatic transformation!
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