Medical term:

patagia


pa·ta·gi·um

, pl.

pa·ta·gi·a

(pă-tā'jē-ŭm, -ă),
A winglike membrane.
[L. a gold edging on a woman's gown]
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patagium

(pa-ta'je-um) plural.patagia [L.]
A weblike membrane.
See: pterygium
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patagium

  1. a membrane of skin stretched on the wing of a bird or bat, or between the fore and hindlimbs of a flying squirrel to form the parachute.
  2. (in some insects) a projection on each side of the prothorax.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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