Patagium Definition
pə-tājē-əm
patagia
noun
A fold of skin between the fore and hind limbs of bats, flying squirrels, etc., enabling them to fly or glide through the air.
Webster's New World
A fold of skin between the shoulder and forepart of a bird's wing.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Patagium
Noun
Singular:
patagium
Plural:
patagiaOrigin of Patagium
Latin patagium gold edging on a woman's tunic perhaps from Greek patageion from patagos clatter of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin patagÄ«um (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic"), from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageion).
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