pedipalp

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Etymology

From New Latin pedipalpus, from ped-, pēs (foot) + palpus (palpus).

Noun

pedipalp (plural pedipalps)

  1. (zoology) Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.
    • 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.
    • 1986, Redia - Volumes 69-70, page 160:
      The pedipalp trochanter has a prominent process on its inferior surface, separated by a large area not haired nor spinulated: it serves for the allodgement of the ventral spine of the pedipalp basitarsus when the tibia closes to the femur;
The underside and head of a female spider

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  • Oxford dictionary on pedipalp