Definition of Palpator

1. n. One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

Definition of Palpator

1. one that palpates [n -S] - See also: palpates

Medical Definition of Palpator

1. One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi. Origin: L, a stroker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palpator

palp
palpabilities
palpability
palpable
palpable rale
palpableness
palpably
palpal
palpate
palpated
palpates
palpating
palpation
palpations
palpatopercussion
palpator (current term)
palpators
palpatory
palpatory percussion
palpebra
palpebra III
palpebra conjunctiva
palpebra inferior
palpebra superior
palpebra tertia
palpebrae
palpebral
palpebral arteries
palpebral branches of infratrochlear nerve
palpebral conjunctiva

Literary usage of Palpator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"palpator MADE FROM A SMALL WOODEN ROD, WITH A SCREW AND A SCREW-EYE. plates. There is no reason why one or more radiograms of the part should not be made if ..."

2. The Amphibians of Western North America by Joseph Richard Slevin (1900)
"Hippolyte palpator BRANDT, Middendorff's Siberische ... Allied to palpator, but larger and more robust. Carapace crested for a little more than its anterior ..."

3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1883)
"The first is H. palpator, Gr., which is given as the male of P. trux, Foerst. There is little doubt that under the heading of ..."

4. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"H. palpator, Tasch., ¡ . The $ of another species is now known to me, ... The trivial names hortensis, Gr., and palpator, Gr., have the priority indeed, ..."

5. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"H. palpator (OWEN). Beside the characters mentioned in the diagnosis of the genus, all of the species I have seen agree in possessing the following ..."

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