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What does palpal mean?

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Adjective
  1. Relating to a palpus
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The male palpi are long, with large tarsi and palpal organs and a long hook on the outer side of the tarsus.
In x-notata the palpus is as long as the cephalothorax, and the tarsus and palpal organ small and round.
And if you're more interested in how arachnids do it with palpal specializations than molluscan harpoons, I've got an article on how spiders mate.
In successful matings, the time of the first palpal insertion and which palp was inserted were noted.
The male palpi are large for the size of the spider, and the palpal organ extends back beyond the tibia.
The number of maxillary palpal joints usually is five but varies between two and six.

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