palpi
Americannoun
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The mosquito vibrates its wings with pleasure; the shmoo-like ant caresses the mosquito's proboscis with its palpi.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pr�mentum smaller than the hypopharynx, in outline roughly oval or semicircular with the two labial palpi surrounded by hairs at the base.
From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume 11, Number 4, December 1919 by Alexander, Charles P.
Maxillary and labial palpi are also present, and the latter, together with the labrum or lower lip, form the rostrum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Male of Ibla Cumingii; labrum and palpi, as seen with the eye on a level with the summit of the mouth.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The false scorpions, Chermetidæ, may at once be recognized by their large maxillary palpi, resembling the maxillæ of the true scorpion.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.
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