palpātor, ōris, m. [1. palpo],
a stroker; trop., a flatterer : perjurus, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 38; plur., id. Men. 2, 1, 35.
·noun One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi. ...
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