pedipalp
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.
Example Sentences
- "The defensive movements, on the other hand, involve the whole of the pedipalp being drawn in towards the midline."
- "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;"
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 *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin palpus Latin pedipalpusbor. English pedipalp From New Latin pedipalpus, from ped-, pēs (“foot”) + palpus (“palpus”).