单词 | pedipalp |
释义 | pedipalpn. Zoology. 1. Each of the second pair of appendages attached to the cephalothorax of most chelicerate arthropods, variously specialized e.g. as pincers in scorpions, as sensory and copulatory organs in spiders, and as locomotory organs in horseshoe crabs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > member of > parts of > feeler pedipalpus1821 pedipalp1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 684 The first pair of pedipalps are not chelate. 1884 A. Sedgwick & F. G. Heathcote tr. C. Claus Elem. Text-bk. Zool.: Protozoa to Insecta 510 [Scorpions] seize their prey..with their large chelate pedipalps. 1936 Q. Rev. Biol. 11 128/2 He [sc. a male spider]..introduced the organ of the left pedipalp for a period of ten minutes. 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. viii. 92 They [sc. the Palpigrada] may easily be recognised by..their locomotory pedipalps. 1993 Equinox Oct. 71/1 In the male [horseshoe crab], the mitten-shaped front claws, or pedipalps, are designed to grasp a female and hang onto her smooth carapace. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Scorpiones > order Pedipalpida > member of scorpion-spider1802 pedipalp1835 nigger-killer1856 whip-scorpion1912 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 89 In the Pedipalps..the first pair of legs of Octopods seem to wear the form and in some measure to discharge the functions of antennæ. 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 657 Mr. Scudder describes a fossil Pedipalp. 1877 A. Murray Econ. Entomol. I. 34 (heading) Family Scorpionidæ or Pedipalps (Scorpions and their allies). DerivativesΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pedipalpate, provided with pedipalps, or maxillary palpi; of or pertaining to the Pedipalpi. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > of group Scorpionidae > belonging to group Pedipalpi pedipalpous1853 1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit., & Art 1216/2 Tarantula.., the name of a Fabrician genus of Pedipalpous Pulmonary Arachnidans, infesting the torrid regions of Asia and America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1826 |
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