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.

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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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Then he walked on till he saw some white thing alar off, and making for it, found that it was a strongly-fortified castle.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John

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