palp

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palp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Palp \Palp\ (p[a^]lp), n. [Cf. F. palpe. See Palpable.]
     (Zool.)
     Same as Palpus.
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  Palp \Palp\, v. t. [L. palpare: cf. F. palper.]
     To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. [Obs.]
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           To bring a palp[`e]d darkness o'er the earth.
                                                    --Heywood.
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  Palpus \Pal"pus\, n.; pl. Palpi. [NL. See Palp.] (Zool.)
     A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs
     attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids,
     crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi,
     maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders
     serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of
     Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.
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