单词 | pedipalpus |
释义 | pedipalpusn. Zoology. 1. = pedipalp n. 1. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > member of > parts of > feeler pedipalpus1821 pedipalp1826 1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. vi. 349 The three first pair of feet answer by analogy..to the three pair of auxiliary maxillæ or pedipalpi of these Decapoda. 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 126 (table) [Hexapod] Maxilla. [Arachnid] Pedipalpus. [Xiphosure] 2d Leg. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses ii. 16 The mouthparts of spiders consist of a pair of two-segmented chelicerae and a pair of palpi, the pedipalpi. 1962 Ecology 43 500/1 While digging, a mite keeps its gnathosoma down and scoops back the sand with its pedipalpi. 1980 Science 5 Sept. 1113/1 The Robinsons' description of differences in orientation and insertion of male pedipalpi (copulatory organs) suggests that the functional morphology of these complex appendages should be more carefully investigated. 2. In plural (usually in form Pedipalpi). Members of an arachnid order Pedipalpi, including the whip scorpions and similar forms with large pedipalps (now usually separated into distinct orders). Now rare.The group was taken by some 19th-century authors to include all scorpions. ΚΠ 1858 A. M. Redfield Zoöl. Sci. 637 The Pedipalpi..differ from the Spiders proper, chiefly in the great development of the palpi or feelers. 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects p. iv The usual classification of the Arachnida is modified by placing the Phalangidae as a family among the Pedipalpi. 1892 New Eng. Mag. Dec. 468/1 These pedipalpi [sc. scorpions] are found in swarms among the ruins and in the houses, which fact requires an every-day search by the inmates before going to sleep. 1958 Q. Rev. Biol. 33 42/2 The greatest number of primitive characters seem to be united in the Pedipalpi (Amblypygi and Uropygi, now separated and the latter split into two orders). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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