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View synonyms for palpus
palpus
[ pal-puhs ]
noun
, plural pal·pi [pal, -pahy].
- an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
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Near the root or base of the mandibles on each side is a jointed feeler, or palpus; but spiders have no antenn.
From Project Gutenberg
The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.
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The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.
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Its true function appears to be that of an extra palpus or "feeler."
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The palpus of the male (fig. 339) has large and complicated appendages at the end.
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