- dealation
- noun see dealated
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
dealation
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dealation — See dealate. * * * … Universalium
dealation — de·ala·tion … English syllables
dealation — noun see dealated … Useful english dictionary
dealate — dealation, n. /dee ay layt , lit/, Entomol. adj. 1. Also, dealated /dee ay lay tid/. (of certain ants and termites after nuptial flights) having no wings as a result of having bitten or rubbed them off. n. 2. a dealate insect. [DE + ALATE] * * * … Universalium
dealate — dēˈāˌlāt, lə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: de + alate : a dealated insect : a mature sexual individual of a kind of insect that undergoes dealation * * * dealation, n. /dee ay layt , lit/, Entomol. adj. 1. Also, dealated … Useful english dictionary
dealated — adjective Date: 1904 divested of the wings used of postnuptial adults of insects (as ants) that drop their wings after a nuptial flight • dealation noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
dealated — adj. [L. de, away from; alatus, winged] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Loosing wings, as ants and termites, by casting or breaking off; dealation n … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dealate — v.t. v.t. rob or divest of wings. ♦ dealation, n … Dictionary of difficult words
dealate — [dē ā′lāt΄] adj. [ DE + ALATE] having lost its wings: said of ants and other insects whose wings are shed after the mating flight: also dealated dealation n … English World dictionary
