PALPED

Verb

palped

simple past tense and past participle of palp

Adjective

palped (not comparable)

(zoology) Having a palpus.

Anagrams

• appled, dapple, lapped

Source: Wiktionary


Palped, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having a palpus.

PALP

Palp, n. Etym: [Cf. F. palpe. See Palpable.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Same as Palpus.

Palp, v. t. Etym: [L. palpare: cf. F. palper.]

Definition: To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. [Obs.] To bring a palpèd darkness o'er the earth. Heywood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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