Meaning of palp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of pedipalp.
2. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
   countable, uncountable
3. Clipping of palpation.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Below her formidable eyes her fangs are flanked by limb-like mouthparts: her palps, coloured a startling white like a quivering moustache.”

“He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.”

“The palps of her fingers itched, thickened, erected with the need to touch the bent head. Plunge into the dust-moted rough blackness of his hair, smooth back downward over the deep-brown nape of his neck.”

“With the palp of a forefinger he squeezed moisture from his wiry blond eyebrows.”

“When Mariuchi caresses the plant, for example, sensuously emitting from the palps of her fingers, a siren song.”

“He tested the blade against the palp of his thumb, then returned to the living room and decisively, scrape by scrape, cut away the hex sign, leaving a halo of ragged wood.”

“The bag seethed in her hand, not unpleasantly, as computational monofilaments shifted and flowed under her touch until they cradled the palps of her fingers.”

“pain on palp”

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