palp
/pælp/
noun
- A segmented appendage near the mouth of an arthropod (such as an insect, spider, or crustacean), used for sensing, handling food, or mating.
- The spider used its palps to wrap the fly in silk.
- A lobster's palps help it taste and manipulate food.
- Under the microscope, we could see the tiny palps on the ant's head.