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PALPE [7 records]

Record 1 2002-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Crustaceans
DEF

Jaw-like appendage of an arthropod.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Crustacés
CONT

Les maxillules [d’un Myriapode] ont 1 palpe maxillaire et 2 gnathites.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Crustaceans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Crustacés
OBS

des arthropodes

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
DEF

A segmented process attached to a mouth part of an arthropod, usually having a tactile or gustatory function, and occurring in insects usually in pairs on the maxillae and on the labium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
DEF

Petit appendice mobile des pièces buccales des arthropodes, servant à la gustation et à la préhension.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 6 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 7 1977-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The mouth [of a pelecypod] lies between two pairs of ciliated, flaplike structures known as "labial palps, "which assist in conducting food to it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) la bouche [d’un Lamellibranche] (...) est bordée par deux lèvres ou par des palpes labiaux.

Spanish

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