Dictionary

pedipalp en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs Latin palpō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin palpus Latin pedipalpusbor. English pedipalp From New Latin pedipalpus, from ped-, pēs (“foot”) + palpus (“palpus”).

Meanings

1. Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.
   • The defensive movements, on the other hand, involve the whole of the pedipalp being drawn in towards the midline. 1950, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London:
   • The pedipalp trochanter has a prominent process on its inferior surface, separated by a large area not haired nor spinulated: it serves for the allodgement of the ventral spine of the pedipalp basitarsus when the tibia closes to the femur; 1986, Redia - Volumes 69-70, page 160:

Forms

Deriveds

pedipalpal · Pedipalpida · pedipalpous

Synonyms

palp · pedipalpus · palpus

Translations (21)

hu tapogatóláb (appendage) · cs pedipalp (appendage) · it pedipalpo (appendage) · fi pedipalppi (appendage) · cs makadlo (appendage) · fi pyyntileuka (pincer) (appendage) · fi tuntorihma (appendage) · ja 触肢 (appendage) · ko 더듬이다리 (appendage) · pl szczękonóżka (appendage) · de Palpus (appendage) · la pedipalpus (appendage) · bg пипало (appendage) · ko 촉지 (appendage) · id pedipalpus (appendage) · es palpo (appendage) · fr palpe (appendage) · pt palpo (appendage) · cmn 觸肢 /触肢 (appendage) · fi leukajalka (appendage) · ru педипа́льпа (appendage)