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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