'Patagium' definitions:

Definition of 'Patagium'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. (Zool.) 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]