palpus

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

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

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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

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 Ellis, Havelock

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 Weed, Clarence M.

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 Smith, John. B.

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

From Time Magazine Archive

See Illustration in Appendix. µ They have four pairs of legs, no antenn‘ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill‘ or palpi.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The Colias Drya of Fabricius has the same formation of palpi, but is a totally different insect.

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

When this organ is not in use, it is beautifully coiled into a close spiral which lies between the labial palpi.

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

The fore wings should slope slightly forwards so that a line drawn from the point of one to the point of the other will just miss the head and palpi.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.