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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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654Maggenti and GardnerA small lobe <strong>of</strong> the maxillary stipes to which the maxillarypalpus (palp) articulates. palpiferous a. see palpiger.palpiform a. [L. palpus, feeler; forma, shape] Shaped like apalpus.palpiger n. [L. palpus, feeler; gerere, to carry] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A lobe <strong>of</strong> the mentum <strong>of</strong> the labium that bears thepalpus. see palpifer.palpimacula n. [L. palpus, feeler; macula, spot] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A sensory area on the labial palps <strong>of</strong> certain insects.palpon see dactylozooidpalp proboscis/proboscide (MOLL: Bivalvia) A tentaculiformoutgrowth on each outer labial palp that can extend into oron the substrate, where ciliated and glandular surfaces pickup particles <strong>of</strong> food.palpus/palp n.; pl. -pi [L. palpus, feeler] 1. (ANN) a. In Oligochaeta,one <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> elongate projections on the analsegment. b. In Polychaeta, one <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> projections onthe sides <strong>of</strong> the head. 2. (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) a. InArachnida, the segmented appendage <strong>of</strong> the pedipalp, excludingcoxa and endite; simple in female, a reproductiveorgan in males. b. In Acari, paired appendage <strong>of</strong> segment2, sensory in function; maybe up to 6 segments long. 3.(ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Cirripedia, oval, setose mandibularendopod attached to the mandible or to the lateral margin<strong>of</strong> the labium. 4. (ARTHRO: Insecta) A telopodite <strong>of</strong> thegnathal appendage. see maxillary palpus; labialpalp/palpus.paludicole a. [L. paludis, marsh; colere, to inhabit] Living in orfrequenting marshes.palule n. [L. palus, stake] (CNID) A detached calcareous process<strong>of</strong> corals.palus n.; pl. -li [L. palus, stake] 1. A stake-like structure. 2.(CNID) A verticle column along the inner edge <strong>of</strong> somesepta.pandemic a. [Gr. pan, all; demos, people] A widespread epidemic.see eumenical, cosmopolitan, endemic.panduriform a. [L. pandura, musical instrument; forma,

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