[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palp \palp\ pa^lp, n. cf. f. palpe. see palpable.
   zool.
   same as palpus.
   1913 webster
see also:
palpable palpus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palp \palp\, v. t. l. palpare: cf. f. palper.
   to have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. obs.
   1913 webster

         to bring a palp`ed darkness o'er the earth.
                                                  --heywood.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palpus \pal"pus\, n.; pl. palpi. nl. see palp. zool.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
palpi palp palp arthrogastra orthoptera 

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