'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]