patagialadj.
/paˈteɪdʒɪəl/, /ˌpatəˈdʒʌɪəl/, U.S. /pəˈteɪdʒiəl/ Zoology.
1. Of or relating to a patagium.
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1872 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 162 128 Other cutaneous fibres here and there were found in the patagial membranes of other species.
1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 607 Garrod devoted much labour to the elucidation of these patagial muscles.
1992 Jrnl. Morphol. 213 105 The antebrachial, carpometacarpal, digital, and patagial muscles are smaller.
2. Of a tag, marker, etc.: attached to the patagium of a bird's wing.
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1969 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 38 761 Several of the other birds in this flock bore patagial markers and numbered plastic back-tabs.
1985 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 56 251 Eartag patagial markers are a useful alternative to leg bands.
1994 B. U. Meyburg & R. D. Chancellor Raptor Conservation Today 384 Patagial transmitters were not only viable but could also become a viable alternative to other methods of attaching transmitters to large soaring birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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