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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A labial palp or feeler of an insect or a mollusk.
- noun In lamellibranchs, an extension of the margin on each side of the mouth into a more or less elongated structure having a grooved and ciliated surface and serving to collect, food-particles and conduct them to the mouth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A labial palp.
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