| palpus | Origin: NL. See Palp. <zoology> 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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