palpus

The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

It may be distinguished by the fact that the middle joint of each palpus is of uniform size from end to end instead of tapering toward its outer end.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed

Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed

When you touch him, he draws up slowly one leg after another, or moves a palpus feebly.

From Insect Stories by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg

The mosquito vibrates its wings with pleasure; the shmoo-like ant caresses the mosquito's proboscis with its palpi.

From Time Magazine Archive

As with the other moths of the family, its labial palpi are very long.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux

The blue-green on the upper surface of the wings is very resplendent and changeable, and the palpi and thorax beneath are covered with numerous whitish spots.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

The spider, below, went leisurely from one place to another, investigating each new missile with its palpi, then leaving them, as they appeared lifeless and undesirable prey.

From The Mad Planet by Murray Leinster

Male: Cephalothorax, palpi, sternum, and most of legs yellowish; abdomen dark brown; metatarsi dark, tibiæ infuscated; mandibles reddish brown; tips of male palpi dark.

From New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 by Nathan Banks