Ped·i·pal·pi n. pl. Zool. A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.
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Ped·i·pal·pus n.; pl. Pedipalpi Zool. 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.
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Pedipalpi
n : whip scorpions [syn: order Pedipalpi, Uropygi, order
Uropygi]