Definition of "harpes" [harpes]

• The typical genus of the Harpedidæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Clasper: a chitinized process, free or attached to the inner sides of harpes, valves or other lateral pieces, serving to hold the female parts during copulation: = the harpers of some authors."
• "Harpago - ones: the inner basal lobes of the clasping organs of d culicids also, more generally = harpes."
• "Some with their _harpes_, another with their _lute_,"