| 释义 |
palpacle Zool.|ˈpælpək(ə)l|
[f. L. palp-us feeler, after tentacle.]
A tentacle-like organ in the Siphonophora, belonging to a palpon.
1888Haeckel in Challenger Rep., Zool. XXVIII. 18 Palpacles or Tasting Filaments. Under this designation I include only the long, extremely contractile, hollow, simple filaments, which occur in the majority of Physonectæ at the base of the palpons. 1898Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 139 The palpacles are similar organs of the palpons, found in one order. |