Definitions for palpusˈpæl pəs
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pal•pus*ˈpæl pəs(n.)(pl.)-pi
an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
Category: Zoology
* (-pī)..
Origin of palpus:
1805–15; < NL; L palpus or palpum palm of the hand
palp′al(adj.)
Wiktionary
palpus(Noun)
palp
Webster Dictionary
Palpus(noun)
a feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera
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