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Pedipalpus

Pedˊi-pal′pus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pedipalpi
(#)
.
[NL. See
Pes
, and
Palpus
.]
(Zool.)
One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.

Definition 2024


pedipalpus

pedipalpus

English

Noun

pedipalpus (plural pedipalpi)

  1. (zoology) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids.