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1. (n.) patagium
the fold of skin between the forelimb and hindlimb in the flying squirrel and other gliding animals.
2. patagium
the fold of skin between the shoulder and forewing of a bird.
3. patagium
either of two small processes on the anterior thorax, esp. in butterflies and moths.
Etymology: (1820–30; < NL; L patagium tunic border)
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1. (noun) patagium
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. (noun) patagium
one of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly
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