patagium

patagium
/peuh tay"jee euhm/, n., pl. patagia /-jee euh/.
1. a wing membrane, as of a bat.
2. the extensible fold of skin of certain insects or of a gliding mammal or reptile, as a flying squirrel.
3. either of two small processes on the anterior thorax, found esp. among butterflies and moths.
[1820-30; < NL, special use of L patagium tunic border]

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