patagium
The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammalsThe thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
Meaning
3 sensesThe thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
Patagium, Flughaut, Spannhaut
A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested AnciBorrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter”).
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Forms
plural: patagiaWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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