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English → English (gcide) Definition: Patagium 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]