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palpus

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Noun Plural
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pal=pus

CIDE DICTIONARY

palpusn. [NL. See Palp.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

palpus, var. of PALP.

ROGET THESAURUS

palpus

Touch

N touch, tact, taction, tactility, feeling, palpation, palpability, contrectation, manipulation, massage, hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna, palpus, tactual, tactile, tangible, palpable, lambent.


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