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Pseudoscorpiones :: Pseudoscorpiones (n. pl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book..

Palpi :: Palpi (n.) pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus.

Palp :: Palp (n.) Same as Palpus.

Palpable :: Palpable (a.) Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors..

Gross :: Gross (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence..

Palpation :: Palpation (n.) Act of touching or feeling.

Palpable :: Palpable (a.) Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form..

Feeler :: Feeler (n.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp..

Palpiger :: Palpiger (n.) That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.

Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.

Palpability :: Palpability (n.) The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch..

Palpitate :: Palpitate (v. i.) To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement..

Palpation :: Palpation (n.) Examination of a patient by touch.

Impalpable :: Impalpable (a.) Not material; intangible; incorporeal.

Pedipalpi :: Pedipalpi (pl. ) of Pedipalpu.

Palpiform :: Palpiform (a.) Having the form of a palpus.

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Whiting :: Whiting (n.) Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc..

Pedipalpi :: Pedipalpi (n pl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions..

Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..

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