Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.
PATAGONIAN
Pat`a*go"ni*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Patagonia.
— n.
Defn: A native of Patagonia.
PATAMAR
Pat"a*mar, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Naut.)
Defn: A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of
Bombay and Ceylon. [Written also pattemar.]
PATAS
Pa*tas", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.