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palpus
CIDE DICTIONARY
palpus, n. [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]
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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.For further exploring for "palpus" in Webster Dictionary Online