'Palp' definitions:

Definition of 'Palp'

From: GCIDE
  • Palp \Palp\ (p[a^]lp), n. [Cf. F. palpe. See Palpable.] (Zool.) Same as Palpus. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Palp'

From: GCIDE
  • Palp \Palp\, v. t. [L. palpare: cf. F. palper.] To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • To bring a palp[`e]d darkness o'er the earth. --Heywood. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'palp'

From: GCIDE
  • Palpus \Pal"pus\, n.; pl. Palpi. [NL. See Palp.] (Zool.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera. [1913 Webster]

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