Patagium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patagium \Pa*ta"gi*um\, n.; pl. {Patagia}. [L., an edge or
     border.]
     1. (Anat.) 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.


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     2. (Zool.) 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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