patagium

n. 翼膜 [医] 翼状膜

发音

/pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/
/pætəˈd͡ʒaɪəm/

词形变化

patagia 复数 patagia

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.

  2. 2.

    A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.

  3. 3.

    One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.

词源

Borrowed 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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