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pedipalp Zool.|ˈpɛdɪpælp|
Also in L. form pedipalpus, pl. -i.
[f. mod.L. Pedipalpi n. pl. (Latreille, 1806), f. L. pēs, pedi- foot + palpus feeler, palp.]
1. An arachnid of the group Pedipalpi, distinguished by large pincer-like palps; formerly including the true scorpions, now restricted to the Phrynidæ and Thelyphonidæ, or whip-scorpions.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvi. 89 In the Pedipalps..the first pair of legs of Octopods seem to wear the form and in some measure to discharge the functions of antennæ.
2. Each of the pair of palps or feelers attached to the head just in front of the ambulatory limbs in most Arachnids; in some cases, as in scorpions, large and pincer-like or chelate.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxv. 684 The first pair of pedipalps are not chelate. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 184 Processes behind representing jaws and pedipalpi. 1884A. Sedgwick Claus' Text-Bk. Zool. 510 [Scorpions] seize their prey..with their large chelate pedipalps.
Hence pedipalpal |pɛdɪˈpælpəl| a., pertaining to a pedipalp; pediˈpalpate a., provided with pedipalps; pediˈpalpous a., belonging to the group Pedipalpi (see 1); having large pedipalps.
1864Webster, Pedipalpous, pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 384 The pedipalpal portion of the proboscis. |