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pal·pus       [pal-puhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pi       [-pahy] Pronunciation Key.
an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.

[Origin: 1805–15; < NL, special use of L palpus a stroking, caress, palm of the hand; akin to feel]
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palp       (pālp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An elongated, often segmented appendage usually found near the mouth in invertebrate organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, and insects, the functions of which include sensation, locomotion, and feeding. Also called palpus.


[French palpe, from New Latin palpus, from Latin, a touching; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.]

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pal·pus       (pāl'pəs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pal·pi (-pī)
See palp.


[Latin, a toweling, the soft palm of the hand; see palp.]

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Palpus

Pal"pus\, n.; pl. Palpi. [NL. See Palp.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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