单词 | palpigerous |
释义 | palpigerousadj. Entomology. Now rare. Having or bearing palps, esp. labial palps. Cf. palpiferous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae palpigerous1821 palpiferous1857 1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. vi. 370 Palpigerous maxillæ. 1835 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 125 324 The palpigerous mandibles, the two pairs of antennæ.., the multilobed inner maxillæ, are all characters found in the Macroura and Schizopoda. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 75 A largely developed and palpigerous labium. 1892 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 2 345 External maxillary lobe arising from the palpigerous piece of the stipes. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 3102/2 If the palps are attached to the labium, or lower lip, then the part bearing them is called a palpiger.., and the mouth-parts are palpigerous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1821 |
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