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palpal

palpal adjective: relating to a palpus.

Adjective

palpal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a palpus.
    • In the male each palpal tibia shows a long narrow apophysis on the outerside.1913, A. Randell Jackson, “On the British Spiders of the Genus Microneta”, in Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, page 128

Origin of palpal

From palpus + -al.

Questions about palpal

What does palpal mean?
Palpal means relating to a palpus.
What part of speech is palpal?
Palpal is an adjective.

Words near palpal in the dictionary

  1. palpable
  2. palpableness
  3. palpably
  4. palpacle
  5. palpacles
  6. palpal
  7. Palpalan
  8. palpatable
  9. palpate
  10. palpated
  11. palpates

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