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:
patagia

Origin 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

  • From Latin patagÄ«um (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic"), from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageion).

    From Wiktionary

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