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Noun: patagium (patagia)  pu'tey-jee-um
  1. 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. One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects

Derived forms: patagia

Encyclopedia: Patagium

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