pedipalp

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

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

• palp, palpus, pedipalpus

• pedipalpal
• pedipalpous
• Pedipalpida

• Oxford dictionary on pedipalp