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Webster 1913 Edition


Pedipalp

Ped′i-palp

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
pédipalpe
.]
(Zool.)
One of the Pedipalpi.

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pedipalp

pedipalp

English

Noun

pedipalp (plural pedipalps)

  1. (zoology) Either of a second pair of appendages, near the mouth of a spider, homologous to the mandibles in crustaceans.
    • 1950 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
      The defensive movements, on the other hand, involve the whole of the pedipalp being drawn in towards the midline.

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