palpus
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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
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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
The mosquito vibrates its wings with pleasure; the shmoo-like ant caresses the mosquito's proboscis with its palpi.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rudimentary condition of the palpi is connected, as remarked under the Anelasma squalicola, with the absence of efficient cirri.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Maxillary and labial palpi are also present, and the latter, together with the labrum or lower lip, form the rostrum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
The Phrynidæ are very peculiar looking animals, the anterior legs being very long and slender and the maxillary palpi very large.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
The maxillary palpi are four-jointed, the labial palpi three-jointed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
