Palpi \Pal"pi\ (p[a^]l"p[imac]), n., pl. of {Palpus}. (Zool.) See {Palpus}. [1913 Webster]
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]