patagium

/pรฆtษ™หˆdส’aษชษ™m/

IPA: /P AE0 T AH0 G IY0 AH0 M/

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

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