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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pa·ta·gi·um /pəˈteʤiəm/
 翼膜

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pa·ta·gi·um n.; pl. Patagia
 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.
 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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