a. [ad. L. ālāri-us, f. ALA wing: see -ARY.] Of or pertaining to wings or alæ.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, iv. 181. The lower leaf [of leguminous plants] closely involving the alary or wingy divisions.
18369. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., II. 945/2. It is the first alary nerve, and is given to the future anterior pair of wings.
1837. Blackw. Mag., XLII. 821. Cant I use part of the fortune in advancing my great project of alary aerostation?
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vii. 434. The alary muscles.