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palpus

[pal-puhs] / ˈpæl pəs /


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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Cephalothorax, legs, sternum, mandibles, and palpi whitish; tarsi, and sometimes metatarsi, slightly infuscated; sternum sometimes more yellowish, no markings.

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

It has a strange appearance due to the angular outline of both front and hind wings and the long palpi which project forward from the head in a way to attract attention.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed

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 William S. Furneaux

The maxillary palpi are four-jointed, the labial palpi three-jointed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various




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