The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Palpi \Pal"pi\ (p[a^]l"p[imac]), n.,
pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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