palpus

American  

[pal-puhs] / ˈpæl pəs /

noun

plural

palpi

1. an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.

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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

Example Sentences

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 Ellis, Havelock

The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

When you touch him, he draws up slowly one leg after another, or moves a palpus feebly.

From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

The mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the maxillæ ending in a lacinia and palpus.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.