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Palpus
(gcide) | Palpus \Pal"pus\, n.; pl. Palpi. [NL. See Palp.] (Zool.)
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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Labipalpus
(gcide) | Labipalpus \La`bi*pal"pus\, n.; pl. Labipalpi. [NL. See
Labium, and Palpus.] (Zool.)
One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under
Labium.
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Pedipalpus
(gcide) | Pedipalpus \Ped`i*pal"pus\, n.; pl. Pedipalpi. [NL. See Pes,
and Palpus.] (Zool.)
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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