Noun: patagium (patagia) pu'tey-jee-um
- A wing membrane in bats or a fold of skin connecting limbs to the body in some animals
"The bat's patagium stretched between its elongated fingers"
- One of a pair of small vesicular organs at the base of the front wings in some insects
"The lepidopterist examined the patagium of the moth specimen"
Derived forms: patagia
Encyclopedia: Patagium