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View synonyms for palpus

palpus

[ pal-puhs ]

noun

, plural pal·pi [pal, -pahy].
  1. an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palpus1

1805–15; < New Latin, special use of Latin palpus a stroking, caress, palm of the hand; akin to feel
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Example Sentences

Near the root or base of the mandibles on each side is a jointed feeler, or palpus; but spiders have no antenn.

The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.

The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.

Its true function appears to be that of an extra palpus or "feeler."

The palpus of the male (fig. 339) has large and complicated appendages at the end.

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