pedipalp

English

Etymology

From New Latin pedipalpus, from ped-, pēs (“foot”) + palpus (“palpus”).

Noun

pedipalp (plural pedipalps)

1. (zoology) Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.
   • 1950, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London:

     The defensive movements, on the other hand, involve the whole of the pedipalp being drawn in towards the midline.

   • 1986, Redia - Volumes 69-70, page 160:

     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;

The underside and head of a female spider

Synonyms

• palp, palpus, pedipalpus

Derived terms

• pedipalpal
• pedipalpous
• Pedipalpida

Translations

appendage

• Bulgarian: пипало (bg) n (pipalo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸肢／触肢 (zh) (chùzhī)

• Finnish: pedipalppi (fi); leukajalka, pyyntileuka (pincer); tuntorihma (sensory organ)
• Hungarian: tapogatóláb sg
• Italian: pedipalpo m
• Japanese: 触肢 (ja) (しょくし, shokushi)
• Korean: 더듬이다리 (deodeumidari), 촉지(觸肢) (chokji)
• Polish: szczękonóżka f
• Russian: педипа́льпа (ru) f (pedipálʹpa)

References

• Oxford dictionary on pedipalp [1]