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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palp /palp/

▶noun (pl. palps or palpi /-pʌɪ, -piː/) Zoology each of a pair of elongated segmented appendages near the mouth of an arthropod, usually concerned with the senses of touch and taste.

– derivatives
palpal adjective.

– origin C19: from L. palpus, from palpare ‘to feel’.

'palp' also found in these Oxford entries:

palpus - pedipalp

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