Palpus

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palpus [′pal·pəs]

(invertebrate zoology)

A process on a mouthpart of an arthropod that has a tactile or gustatory function.

Any similar process on other invertebrates.

Palpus

a segmented appendage of the jaws (mandibles and first and second maxillae) in crustaceans, myriapods, and insects, equipped with various sense organs (tactile organs and chemore-ceptors). The palpi are well developed and completely represented in crustaceans; in myriapods and insects there are no palpi on the mandibles. In many insects, especially those with a sucking-type mouth apparatus, the palpi are reduced.

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