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palpus

/pal-puhs/US // ˈpæl pəs //

颚部,掌心,颚骨,手掌

Related Words

antenna天线hand手,手部,手手,手的tentacle触手,触角,触须,触头finger指,指头,指数,指纹claw爪子,爪牙,脚爪,钳子whisker纹丝不动,胡须,纹章,纹路barbel鳟鱼,鳟鱼的故事vibrissa振动器,震动器,震动,震动装置palp悸动,心悸,扪心自问,触觉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pal·pi [pal-pahy]. /ˈpæl paɪ/.

    • : an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infeeler
Synonyms
antenna天线barbel鳟鱼,鳟鱼的故事claw爪子,爪牙,脚爪,钳子finger指,指头,指数,指纹hand手,手部,手手,手的tentacle触手,触角,触须,触头vibrissa振动器,震动器,震动,震动装置whisker纹丝不动,胡须,纹章,纹路palp悸动,心悸,扪心自问,触觉

Examples

  • Near the root or base of the mandibles on each side is a jointed feeler, or palpus; but spiders have no antenn.

  • The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.

  • The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.

  • Its true function appears to be that of an extra palpus or "feeler."

  • The palpus of the male (fig. 339) has large and complicated appendages at the end.

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