Category:Patagium

Pa*ta"gi*um, n.; pl. Patagia. Etym: [l., an edge or border.]

1. (anat.)

Defn: 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.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: one of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases Of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See illust. of Butterfly.