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WING MEMBRANE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Mammals
DEF

The fold of skin in front of the humeral and radioulnar parts of a bird's wing.

CONT

Patagium: A thin membrane extending between the fore and hind limb to form a wing or winglike extension, as in bats ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Mammifères
DEF

Membrane qui joint les doigts et le corps des chiroptères pour former l'aile.

CONT

Les Chauves-Souris [...] possèdent [...] des membranes alaires, ou patagium, formées par une duplicature de la peau, et étendues entre les côtés du corps, les membres, les doigts de la main très longs et souvent la queue [...]

Spanish

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