patagium
/pætəˈdʒaɪəm/ · noun
Meaning
- The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
- A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
- One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
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