Definition of "palpus" []

• See palp. (noun)

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• "The head has two compound eyes, an antennae to sense chemicals and the mouth parts called the palpus and proboscis."
• "Lateral lobe: of the labium in Odonata, corresponds to the paraglossa with palpiger and palpus (Gerstaecker) or, more probably, to the palpus alone (Butler)."
• "Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense."