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Definition of Palp

Palp
Palp Palp, n. [Cf. F. palpe. See Palpable.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Palpus.
palp
Palpus Pal"pus, n.; pl. Palpi. [NL. See Palp.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Palp from wikipedia

- Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders...
- Alpine Airstrip (ICAO: PALP, FAA LID: AK15) is a private-use airport located 53 nautical miles (98 km) west of the central business district of Deadhorse...
- segment (coxa) and a palp (sensory feeler) consisting of all other segments. In some groups, such as the Branchiopoda, the palp is reduced or absent....
- females, and they am****te one of their palps before maturation, entering their adult life with only one palp. Though it is uncertain why they do this...
- Left palp of male, ventral view...
- remarkable by its male am****ting one of its palps before maturation and entering his adult life with one palp only. It adopts exceptional co****tory behaviour:...
- fly can usually be identified as a member of Tipulidae by its maxillary palps, which is the pair appendages that hang down from the front of its head...
- maxillae. The labial palps borne on the sides of labium are the counterparts of maxillary palps. Like the maxillary palps, the labial palps aid sensory function...
- Boagrius is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893. As of June 2019[update] it contains only two species...
- the double-walled sensilla on both palps probably serve as long-range odour sensors. The maxillary and labial palps show ****ual dimorphism which suggests...