top definitions
examples
british

patagium

[ puh-tey-jee-uh m ]

/ pəˈteɪ dʒi əm /

noun, plural pa·ta·gi·a [puh-tey-jee-uh] /pəˈteɪ dʒi ə/.

a wing membrane, as of a bat.

the extensible fold of skin of certain insects or of a gliding mammal or reptile, as a flying squirrel.

either of two small processes on the anterior thorax, found especially among butterflies and moths.

Origin of patagium

1820–30; < New Latin, special use of Latin patagium tunic border

Words nearby patagium

pat-down, pat., pat. off., pat. pend., pataca, patagium, patagonia, patagonian, patagonian hare, patagonian toothfish, pataka

Example sentences from the Web for patagium

Patagium incomplete, with concave chamber-rows and irregular network, only enveloping the basal half of the arms.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
Patagium incomplete, enveloping only the basal half of the arms, forming a regular square with concave sides.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
Patagium nearly complete, enveloping four-fifths of the arms, with four to five concave chamber-rows.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
Patagium complete, enveloping the whole disk with the arms, and forming a larger elliptical disk of looser framework.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel

Patagium nearly complete with four to five concave chamber-rows.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for patagium

patagium

/ (pəˈteɪdʒɪəm) /

noun plural -gia (-dʒɪə)

a web of skin between the neck, limbs, and tail in bats and gliding mammals that functions as a wing

a membranous fold of skin connecting margins of a bird's wing to the shoulder

Word Origin for patagium

C19: New Latin from Latin, from Greek patageion gold border on a tunic