palpus
Americannoun
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palpi
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Etymology
Origin of palpus
1805–15; < New Latin, special use of Latin palpus a stroking, caress, palm of the hand; akin to feel
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Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
When you touch him, he draws up slowly one leg after another, or moves a palpus feebly.
From Insect Stories by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis
The mosquito vibrates its wings with pleasure; the shmoo-like ant caresses the mosquito's proboscis with its palpi.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
It has a strange appearance due to the angular outline of both front and hind wings and the long palpi which project forward from the head in a way to attract attention.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
The fore wings should slope slightly forwards so that a line drawn from the point of one to the point of the other will just miss the head and palpi.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
The mandibles have no palpi, the maxillipeds or foot-jaws are used as feet, whereas in the mature form they serve as jaws.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock
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