Pedipalpi

3 definitions found

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

  Pedipalpi \Ped`i*pal"pi\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pedipalpus}.] (Zool.)
     A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions
     ({Thelyphonus}) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider
     sense to include also the true scorpions.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Pedipalpus \Ped`i*pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Pedipalpi}. [NL. See {Pes},
     and {Palpus}.] (Zool.)
     One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some
     they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they
     terminate in a claw.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pedipalpi
       n : whip scorpions [syn: {order Pedipalpi}, {Uropygi}, {order
           Uropygi}]