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Definition of Palpus

1. n. 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.

Definition of Palpus

1. Noun. palp ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Palpus

1. a sensory organ of an arthropod [n -PI]

Medical Definition of Palpus

1. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palpus

Literary usage of Palpus

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"On the 22nd of June, in the same year, it moulted, reproducing the left palpus, which was of small dimensions. The radial joint was provided with an ..."

2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1914)
"12 Clubiona latifrons, mandibles and palpus of male. I2a side of palpus. I2b front of head and eyes. 13 Lycosa funerea, young female. ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"A young male Tegenaria civilis had the right palpus amputated at the axillary joint on the 15th of January 184O. It moulted on the 2nd of the following June ..."

4. Catalogue of Hispidæ in the Collection of the British Museumby Joseph Sugar Baly by Joseph Sugar Baly (1858)
"palpus maxillaris;— e. palpus labialis ;—f. Mentum ;—g. Ligula. Fig. 3. ... Antenna;—b. Labrum ;—c. Mandibula;—d. palpus maxillaris ..."

5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"In some males the apical apophysis of patella III is a little longer than in others, but palpus and markings are the same. ..."

6. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"tongue, /fork, Ib labium and Ip its palpus, ... one-jointed labial palpus, behind which one sees the tip of the fork,/; c cardo, /> stipes having the ..."

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