Palpi

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palpi \Pal"pi\ (p[a^]l"p[imac]), n.,
     pl. of {Palpus}. (Zool.) See {Palpus}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Palpus \Pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Palpi}. [NL. See {Palp}.] (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palpi
       See {palpus}