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Meaning of patagium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm

Definitions

  1. The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
  2. A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
  3. One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.

Equivalents

Deutsch Flatterhaut Flughaut Gleithaut Patagium Spannhaut
Español patagio
Français patagium
Italiano patagio
한국어 비막 bimak
Polski błona lotna

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Patagon Patagones Patagonia Patagonian Patagonian cavy Patagonian cypress

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