Plural of alicula: multiple small wings or wing-like structures on an organism.
The Latin plural form of 'alicula,' using the standard feminine plural ending '-ae' in scientific nomenclature.
Latin plurals hide in modern biology—when you see '-ae' endings, you're using the Latin plural system that Renaissance scholars chose for scientific naming, a 500-year-old convention still going strong.
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