Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palp \Palp\, n. [Cf. F. palpe. See {Palpable}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Palpus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palp \Palp\, v. t. [L. palpare: cf. F. palper.]
To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. [Obs.]
To bring a palp[`e]d darkness o'er the earth.
--Heywood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palpus \Pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Palpi}. [NL. See {Palp}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs
attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids,
crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi,
maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders
serve as sexual organs. Called also {palp}. See Illust. of
{Arthrogastra} and {Orthoptera}.
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