Definition of Patagia

1. Noun. (plural of patagium) ¹

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Definition of Patagia

1. patagium [n] - See also: patagium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patagia

pasturized milk
pastward
pastwards
pasty
pat-on-the-back
pat1 protein kinase
pat down
pat in the middle
pat on the back
pat slide
pataca
patacas
patache
patacoon
patacoons
patagia (current term)
patagial
patagium
patamar
patamars
pataphysicist
pataphysicists
pataphysics
patas
patatas bravas
patavinities
patavinity
patball
patch

Literary usage of Patagia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"... and does not indicate a division into homologous parts in all orders where it exists. fil The patagia.—In many of the more specialized Lépidoptère, ..."

2. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"The patagia. — On each side of the pro- notum of Lepidoptera are two transversely oval, movable, concavo-convex, erectile plates, ..."

3. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Front, collar, and anterior edge of patagia dark brown; posterior edge of patagia light rosy- brown ; upper side of thorax and abdomen rosy-fawn ; lower ..."

4. A Manual for the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"patagia. — At the base of each fore wing there is a scale-like appendage; these are the ... The patagia correspond to the tegulae of the ..."

5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1905)
"Head and collar deep, almost purplish brown ; collar with a blackish transverse line ; disc and thorax more reddish, patagia almost ..."

6. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1874)
"One who makes, or, perhaps, sells, patagia. Plant. Aul. iii. 5. 35. patagia'TUS. Decorated with a patagium^ as shown by the following illustration. ..."

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