¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patagial
1. pertaining to a patagium [adj] - See also: patagium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patagial
Literary usage of Patagial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"From all of which evidence, I believe that the ribs were directed laterally,
supporting the patagial membrane, perhaps as in Draco, and that they did not ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"Imperfect remains, impressions of phalanges of the long patagial finger, ...
The patagial finger is about 20 inches, the whole wing about 28 inches long. ..."
3. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1904)
"... fingers on the radial side of the patagial finger, have two phalanges in the
first, three in the second, and four in the third, the terminal one of each ..."
4. Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1907)
"From all of which evidence, I believe that the ribs were directed laterally,
supporting the patagial membrane, perhaps as in Draco, and that they did not ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1890)
"FE BEDDARD ON THE [June There is only a single patagial muscle, which divides
into tw tendons, the longus and brevi». The latter, as shown in the drawing ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"Dimorphodon had the fifth toe peculiarly modified for the sustentation of the
patagial membrane. What good reason then has Professor Seeley for supposing ..."
7. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"On the other hand, the patagial muscles of this family are not alluded to by him,
and here offer several points of interest ; for although the origin and ..."
8. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"... fingers on the radial side of the patagial finger, evidently used in the
support of the body, possibly also in prehension and ambulation. ..."
Other Resources:
