Found 2 items, similar to patagia.
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Definition: Patagia
Patagium
\Pa*ta"gi*um\, n.; pl.
Patagia. [L., an edge or
border.]
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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) 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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