PATAGIUM

Etymology

Noun

patagium (plural patagia)

The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.

A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.

One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.

Source: Wiktionary

Pa*ta"gi*um, n.; pl. Patagia. Etym: [L., an edge or border.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: 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.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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