| 释义 |
‖ palpus Zool.|ˈpælpəs|
Pl. palpi |ˈpælpaɪ|.
[L. palpus a feeler, cognate with palpāre: see palp v.]
A jointed organ attached to the labia, maxillæ and mandibles of insects, arachnids, etc., and serving as an organ of sense; a feeler. Also, each of the two fleshy lobes at the sides of the mouth of bivalve molluscs.
1813Bingley Anim. Biog. (ed. 4) I. 41 The mouth..has also, in most instances, four or six palpi, or feelers. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvi. 83 The Palpi, or feelers, which in some cases emerge from the side of the maxilla. 1852Dana Crust. i. 41 The members of Crustacea consist normally of three parts or branches, a tigellus, a palpus, and a fouet. 1877W. Thomson Voy. Challenger I. iv. 258.
Comb.1880Bastian Brain 97 Nerves..from the two pairs of antennæ, and from the palpi-bearing mandibles. |