Palpus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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