Definitions For Patagium

Noun

{{en-noun, 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.

Related terms

brachiopatagium cruropatagium dactylopatagium parapatagium plagiopatagium propatagium uropatagium

Translations

{{trans-top}} Italian: patagio, m Korean: 비막 bimak Spanish: patagio, m Volapük: flitaskinäd

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, patagīum, , gilded edging of a woman's tunic}}, from (Ancient Greek)  παταγεῖον.