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palpigerous

palpigerous adjective: bearing a pedipalp.

Adjective

palpigerous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing a pedipalp.
    • in their eyes usually on a moveable footstalk ; their palpigerous mandibles ; and their four antennæ1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects

Origin of palpigerous

From palpus + -gerous.

Words that rhyme with palpigerous

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Questions about palpigerous

What does palpigerous mean?
Palpigerous means bearing a pedipalp.
What part of speech is palpigerous?
Palpigerous is an adjective.

Words near palpigerous in the dictionary

  1. palpifer
  2. palpiferous
  3. palpifers
  4. palpiform
  5. palpiger
  6. palpigerous
  7. palpigers
  8. palpigrade
  9. palpigrades
  10. palpimanid
  11. palpimanids

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