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Definition of Patagia
1. patagium [n] - See also: patagium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patagia
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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