palpal
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Male spiders don’t have a penis, but instead have palpal bulbs at the ends of their front legs that transfer sperm to females.
From National Geographic
The palpal bulbs are often covered in rough skin called keels.
From National Geographic
He then dips the points of his palpal bulbs—black organs at the end of his pedipalps, into the fluid until the bulbs are filled.
From Slate
A PalPal representative confirmed a series of attacks, but said that while the Website had been slowed, it remained “fully operational.”
From New York Times
The male palpal organs show a very long stylet curved over two times around the bulb.
From Project Gutenberg
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