• (n.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.
Ped`i·pal'pus noun ; plural Pedipalpi . [ New Latin See Pes , and Palpus .] (Zoology) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.