palp

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The palp is also the round ball like structure on the end of the two front feelers.

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  1. noun An elongated, often segmented appendage usually found near the mouth in invertebrate organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, and insects, the functions of which include sensation, locomotion, and feeding. Also called palpus.

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  1. French palpe, from New Latin palpus, from Latin, a touching; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French palper = Spanish palpar = Italian palpare, from Latin palpare, palpari, stroke, touch softly, feel. Cf. palpate, v.
  2. = French palpe = Spanish Portuguese Italian palpo, from New Latin palpus, a feeler, from Latin palpare, stroke, touch softly, feel: see palp, v.
 

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