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Webster 1913 Edition
Pedipalp
Ped′i-palp
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
pédipalpe
.] (Zool.)
One of the Pedipalpi.
Definition 2024
pedipalp
pedipalp
English
Noun
pedipalp (plural pedipalps)
- (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.
- 1950 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London