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
The best-known family is the Hydrophilidae, in which the feelers are short with less than eleven segments and the maxillary palpi very long.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Organs which form the mouth, consisting of an upper and under lip, and comprising the parts called mandibles, maxillæ, and palpi.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The maxillary palpi are four-jointed, the labial palpi three-jointed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
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
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