脚きゃく鬚しゅ

noun

pedipalp

Obsolete zoological term for the second pair of appendages of arachnids; modern Japanese usually uses 触肢 (しょくし).

See also: 触肢

• 古ふるい動どう物ぶつ学がくの文ぶん献けんでは、クモの触しょく肢しを「脚きゃく鬚しゅ」と記しるすことがある。

  In old zoological literature, the pedipalps of spiders are sometimes written as 脚鬚.