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[Gr. a, priv.; ἔλασμα (elasma) = metal beaten out, a metal plate; οδούς (odous), gen it. ὀδόντος ( odontos ) = a tooth.] Say's name for a genus of Molluscs now reduced under Unio (q.v.). a-lāte, ā-la-těd, a. [Lat. alatus = winged, from ala a wing.] + A. Ord . Lang. Having wings ( lit. or fig .). "Power, like all things alated , seldom rests long in any continued line."- Water house : Apology for Learn ing , . (1653), p. 56. B. Technically: I. Nat. Science: 1. Zool.: Having wings in the literal sense. WINGED STEM. 2. Bot . Having a thin expanded margin, as the fruit of the sycamore ( Acer pseudo platan us ), various stems, . II. Architecture: Of a building: Having wings. "Nainby, Lincoln shire-from an alate temple there; as the name testifies: Heb, ganaph , alatus ."-Stukeley: Palæogr. Sacra . (1763), p. 73. ā lăt-er-ē, Lat. prep. and substantive used as adj. [Lat. ( lit. ) = from the side.] A legate a latere is a legate who counsels or a ists the pope. [LEGATE.]