palp

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The male palp alone can grow to around 5 cm, nearly four times longer than the front section of the body and almost as long as the spider's longest legs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

I had 103.7° fever, a blood pressure that was 80 over palp, and oxygen levels that were so low I required oxygen support at a level just below that achieved with mechanical ventilation.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

Mandibles present in pupa, vestigial in imago; maxillae suctorial without specialization; first maxillae with lacinia, galea and palp.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

As an instance of this may be mentioned the mandibular palp of those Crustacea with zoaea larvae.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

A second ramus, the “exopodite,” often is also retained in the form of a palp or feeler.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various