alinasal (alinazal)

and n. [L. ala, wing, + nas us, nose.] I. a. Pertaining or relating to the parts forming the outer or lateral boundaries of the nostrils. See ala nas i, under ala. Specifically, of or pertaining to a lateral cartilage of the nasal region of the skull of an embryonic bird; situated in the lateral part of the nasal region of such a skull. Alinasal proce , a proce surrounding each alinasal nasal aperture of the chondrocranium of the frog. Dun man.-Alinasal turbinal, a cartilage of the alinasal region, connected with the alinasal or lateral cartilage. The alinasal turbinal of [the Yunx] has two turns, and that of Gecinus one. Encyc. Brit., III. 717. II. n. A lateral cartilage of the nasal region of the skull of an embryonic bird, in which is situated the external nostril. W. K. Parker . alinelt (a-lin'), prep . phr . as adv . [ Take thanne a rewle and draw a strike, euene alyne fro the pyn unto the middel prikke. Chaucer, Astrolabe, ii. § 38.