PATAGIUM


Meaning of PATAGIUM in English

/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; patagium tunic border ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .