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patagium

/pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
patag-ium
IPA
/pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: patagīum, παταγεῖον

Inflected Forms

patagia (plural)

Derived Forms

chiropatagium

Frequently Paired Words

brachiopatagium cruropatagium dactylopatagium parapatagium plagiopatagium propatagium uropatagium

Questions

How do you pronounce patagium?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/.
What does patagium mean?
The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
Where does patagium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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