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patagium

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Noun
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pa=ta=gi=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

patagiumn. [L., an edge or border.].
  •  In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

patagium, n. (pl. patagia) Zool.
1 the wing-membrane of a bat or similar animal.
2 a scale covering the wing-joint in moths and butterflies.

Etymology
med.L use of L patagium f. Gk patageion gold edging

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