Definizione monolingua

palp

palp (third-person singular simple present palps, present participle palping, simple past and past participle palped)

1. To feel, to explore by touch.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 729:

     It is not possible to examine a male patient without making him undress and actually palping him all over.

palp (plural palps)

1. (zoology) an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates
2. The fleshy part of a fingertip
   • 1922: He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Definizione dizionario palp

Altri significati:

The fleshy part of a fingertip

To feel, to explore by touch

(zoology) an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates