English-Thai Dictionary
palpus
N ส่วน ยื่น ที่ ปาก ที่ เป็น อวัยวะ สัมผัส เช่น หนวด ของ แมลง
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PALPUS
Pal "pus, n.; pl. Palpi. Etym: [NL. See Palp. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
palpus
pal pus |ˈpalpəs ˈpælpəs |(also palp ) ▶noun ( pl. palpi |ˈpalpī | or palps ) Zoology each of a pair of elongated segmented appendages near the mouth of an arthropod, usually concerned with the senses of touch and taste. DERIVATIVES pal pal |-pəl |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: Latin, from palpare ‘to feel. ’
Oxford Dictionary
palpus
palpus |ˈpalpəs | ▶noun another term for palp. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘feeler ’.
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