maxillary palpus
1maxillary palpus — ; pl. pi (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Small sensory organ arising from the maxilla, used to test quality of food; see labial palp …
2maxillary palpus — noun : a small several segmented process on the outer aspect of each maxilla of an insect that is believed to have a sensory function see insect illustration …
3maxillary palp — См. maxillary palpus …
4Palpus — Pal pus, n.; pl. {Palpi}. [NL. See {Palp}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial… …
5labial palpus — pl. pi. 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) One of a pair of small feelerlike structures borne on the labium; see maxillary palp,. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) One of 4 structures (2 on each side of the mouth) derived from the velum by which the larva swims and… …
6palpifer — n. [L. palpus, feeler; ferre, to carry] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A small lobe of the maxillary stipes to which the maxillary palpus (palp) articulates; palpiferous a; see palpiger …
7louse — n. /lows/; v. /lows, lowz/, n., pl. lice /luys/ for 1 3, louses for 4, v., loused, lousing. n. 1. any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking,… …
8palp — n.; pl. pi [L. palpus, feeler] 1. (ANNELIDA) adj. In Oligochaeta, one of a pair of elongate projections on the anal segment. b. In Polychaeta, one of a pair of projections on the sides of the head. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) a. In Arachnida,… …
9Oxycoryninae — As defined by Pascoe in 1870, Oxycoryninae refers to what today is the tribe Oxycorynini. Oxycorynidae redirects here. As defined by Kolbe in 1908, this also refers to the Oxycorynini. Oxycoryninae Female Rhopalotria dimidiata (Oxycorynini) i …
10palp — Palpus Pal pus, n.; pl. {Palpi}. [NL. See {Palp}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and… …
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