pedipalp

English

The underside and head of a female spider

Alternative forms

• pedipalpus

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 *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Old Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin palpus

Latin pedipalpusbor.

English pedipalp

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

Noun

pedipalp (plural pedipalps)

1. (zootomy) Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.

   Synonyms: palp, palpus, pedipalpus

   • 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;

Derived terms

• pedipalpal
• Pedipalpida
• pedipalpous

Translations

appendage

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

  Mandarin: 觸肢 / 触肢 (zh) (chùzhī)

• Czech: pedipalp m, makadlo n
• Finnish: pedipalppi (fi); leukajalka, pyyntileuka (pincer); tuntorihma (sensory organ)
• French: palpe (fr) m
• German: Palpus m
• Hungarian: tapogatóláb sg
• Indonesian: pedipalpus
• Italian: pedipalpo m
• Japanese: 触肢 (ja) (しょくし, shokushi)
• Korean: 더듬이다리 (deodeumidari), 촉지(觸肢) (chokji)
• Latin: pedipalpus m
• Polish: szczękonóżka f
• Portuguese: palpo (pt) m
• Russian: педипа́льпа (ru) f (pedipálʹpa)
• Spanish: palpo (es) m

References

• Oxford dictionary on pedipalp [1]

Further reading

• pedipalp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia