Bible Dictionaries
Patagium
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body.
(2):
(n.) One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Patagium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/patagium.html. 1828.