Definition of "palpi" [pal•pi]

• Plural of palpus. (noun)

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• "Maxillæ, in Insects—the second or lower pair of jaws, which are composed of several joints and furnished with peculiar jointed appendages called palpi, or feelers."
• "-- - The second or lower pair of jaws, which are composed of several joints and furnished with peculiar jointed appendages called palpi, or feelers."
• "Wings of a somewhat chalky white, the anterior with three rufous dots on the costa before the middle, of which the third is the largest, and near the apex a large brown spot, fulvous towards the costa, clouded with bluish white, connected with the inner margin by four indistinct yellow dots; forehead red; head, thorax, and abdomen, white; palpi red at the apex; feet white first and second pairs spotted with red."