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palp I. \ˈpalp, ˈpau̇p\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French palper, from Latin palpare to stroke, caress, flatter — more at feel 1. : to experience a touch sensation from : touch, feel, handle 2. obsolete : to address in a manner designed to please or flatter : cajole II. noun (-s) Etymology: French palpe, from palper or from Latin palpus stroking, caress; akin to Latin palpare : palpus: as a. : one of two leaflike fleshy appendages on each side of the mouth of a lamellibranch mollusk b. : a lobe-shaped sensory process of each side of the head of a chaetopod worm |