‖ propatagium Ornith.
(prəʊpəˈteɪdʒɪəm)
[mod.L. f. pro-2 + patagium.]
The so-called patagium of a bird's wing; = patagium b. Hence propaˈtagial, propaˈtagian adjs., of or pertaining to the propatagium.
| 1887 Science Aug. 71/2 The question as to the function of the propatagial slip. Ibid., A new drawing of the propatagian muscles of the swallows. 1901 Ibis Apr. 205 A muscular pectoral slip ends in tendons which reinforce the long and short propatagial tendons. |