The labouring lads often amuse themselves searching for these creatures, whose one object in daylight seems to be to cling to something; they will hang to the coat with the claws at the extremity of their membranous wings, and if left alone will creep out of sight into the pocket.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
The red hair covering its body and large membranous wings added to the hideousness of its aspect, and a more hideous creature could not have been conceived.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
The same peculiar, inflammatory changes which take place between the lobules of the lung and around the bronchi and vessels may invade the pleural cavity, cause extensive membranous and spongy deposits on the pleura and firm deposits around the heart and large arteries, the gullet, and windpipe.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler