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(1):

(n.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

(2):

(n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.