Patagium
/pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
- 2 A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
- 3 One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter”).