Definition of palpus

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Palpus (n.) 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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Palpus :: Palpus (n.) 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..
Palpi :: Palpi (n.) pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus.
Palpless :: Palpless (a.) Without a palpus.
Palp :: Palp (n.) Same as Palpus.
Palpigerous :: Palpigerous (a.) Bearing a palpus.
Palped :: Palped (a.) Having a palpus.
Palpiform :: Palpiform (a.) Having the form of a palpus.
Labipalpus :: Labipalpus (n.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
Pedipalpus :: Pedipalpus (n.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw..
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