Definition of Postpatagium. Meaning of Postpatagium. Synonyms of Postpatagium

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- The patagium (pl.: patagia) is a membranous body part that ****ists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying. The structure is found in extant...
- from the shoulder to the wrist, as in modern birds; the extent of the postpatagium is also similar to modern birds. Reticulate scales covered the underside...
- wing bones, and a thick, strong band of tendinous tissue known as the postpatagium helps to hold and support the remiges in place. Corresponding remiges...
- centuries of selective breeding. remiges Singular: remex. Also defined: postpatagium. From the Latin for 'oarsman', they are the long, stiff, asymmetrically...