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pa·ta·gi·um

 (pə-tā′jē-əm)
n. pl. pa·ta·gi·a (-jē-ə)
1. A thin membrane extending between the body and a limb to form a wing or winglike extension, as in bats and flying squirrels.
2. An expandable membranous fold of skin between the wing and body of a bird.

[Latin patagium, gold edging on a woman's tunic, perhaps from Greek *patageion, from patagos, clatter, of imitative origin .]

pa·ta′gi·al (-jē-əl) adj.
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patagial

(pəˈteɪdʒɪəl)
adj
(Zoology) zoology of or relating to a patagium
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Because of these problems, patagial tags have frequently been used to mark galliform chicks (Hannon et al.
The present report describes the tearing injury of patagial tendon, bicep muscle and propatagium in peacocks along with their surgical management.
Turkeys were sexed, classified as either juvenile or adult using ninth and tenth primary feather replacement aging techniques (Pelham and Dickson, 1992) and marked with two metal patagial wing tags (Model 681, National Band and Tag, Newport, Kentucky).
Answers to this daunting wildlife management question will involve a series of research projects using a variety of research techniques; e.g., trapping and marking individual birds with leg bands, patagial wing tags, and/or radio transmitters.
Hens were mostly trapped in March or early April and individually marked with soft plastic patagial tags (Boag et al.
Nonetheless, a number of studies have used patagial tagging techniques to collect information on the breeding, dispersal and population size of parrot species (Rowley and Saunders 1980, Saunders 1988, Smith 1991).
Attempted photodynamic therapy against patagial squamous cell carcinoma in an African rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri).
Thus, physical therapy (eg, as described by Wimsatt et al (12)) should take place during each bandage change session to prevent complications from immobilization such as muscle atrophy, joint ankylosis, tendon contraction, and patagial constriction.