patagium Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pa*ta"gi*um noun
Etymology
L., an edge or border.
Wordforms
plural Patagia
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) 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.) One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Webster 1913