Meanings
adjectivepalpigerous (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyBearing a pedipalp.
in their eyes usually on a moveable footstalk ; their palpigerous mandibles ; and their four antennæ
1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects
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Rhymes with palpigerous
armigerousascigerousaurigerouscalcigerouscauligerouschaetigerouscirrigerouscoralligerouscornigerouscotyligerouscrinigerouscrucigerousdentigerouselytrigerouslanigerousoperculigerousovigerouspedigerouspiligerousplumigerouspolypigerousproligerouspubigerouspupigerous
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palpigerous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palpigerous
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“palpigerous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palpigerous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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