palp

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Palp, palp, n. a jointed sensiferous organ attached in pairs to the labium or maxilla of insects, and thus distinguished from antenn�, which are on the top of the head—also Pal′pus:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various