alar

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The alar cartilage consists of the apex of the nose; it surrounds the naris.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The alar plate is on the dorsal side of the neural tube and gives rise to neurons that will receive sensory input from the periphery.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This comes from the initial development of the spinal cord, which is divided into the basal plate and the alar plate.

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His daring imagination gives him the more solid grasp of facts; as the birds of highest flight have the strongest alar bones.

From Representative Men by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

In length, he measures ten and a half inches, in alar extent, nearly seventeen.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor