- the posterior basal area or lobe in the forewing of certain insects, sometimes serving to couple the forewings and hindwings in flight.
- a ridge, groove, or projection that connects two structures, such as that which connects the two winglike parts of the sphenoid bone.
- a pair of leaflets on a pinnate leaf.
- a small process at the base of each forewing in certain insects by which the forewings are united to the hindwings during flight
- a pair of opposite leaflets
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