palp
Arthropod mouth feeler
A palp is a sensory appendage near the mouth of an insect, crustacean, or other arthropod—used for touching, tasting, or manipulating food.
Spiders and scorpions have prominent palps.
The verb palp, rare outside medical contexts, means to examine by touch: The doctor palped the abdomen for abnormalities.
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- appendageProjecting body part
- mouthpartsOral feeding structures
- mandibleLower facial bone
maxilla · labium · labrum · proboscis · segmented · arthropod · spider · arachnid · invertebrate · crustacean
tactile
Of the touching sense
pressure · touch · probe · explore · detect · sensitivity · receptors · stimuli · perception · contact