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  • noun Plural form of pedipalp.

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Examples

  • Regarding "manually inserted using a pair of appendages on their undersides known as pedipalps," I find it interesting that feet or is it "kids"? are used as hands.

    "The aptly-named Harpactea sadistica." Ann Althouse 2009

  • The males have a pair of mating organs, known as pedipalps, one of which they use for each copulation -- in other words, twice is their limit.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The males have a pair of mating organs, known as pedipalps, one of which they use for each copulation -- in other words, twice is their limit.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The computer models also revealed that Cryptomartus hindi's mouth appendages, called pedipalps, had tiny 'tarsal' claws attached at the end to help the creature to manipulate its prey.

    unknown title 2009

  • The body of the specimen in alcohol, excluding the pedipalps, is about 2 mm long.

    An intertidal pseudoscorpion AYDIN 2009

  • I think the spiders in the last pic are complete with pedipalps.

    And Now the Conclusion of The Spider Wreck Chronicles Jen 2008

  • Also, if you look closely at a tarantula an occupation I'd advise you against, you'd notice that in addition to its eight legs, it has two smaller leg-like appendages called pedipalps.

    And Now the Conclusion of The Spider Wreck Chronicles Jen 2008

  • Their pedipalps are well-developed and are used both as a tactile organ and to hold on to prey.

    Arthropoda 2007

  • Larval mites have a short gnathosoma with stocky pedipalps on either side of paired chelicerae.

    Arthropoda 2007

  • All members of this subphylum have chelicerae and pedipalps as their first and second prosomal appendages.

    Arthropoda 2007

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