palpocil Zool.
(ˈpælpəsɪl)
Also palpicil.
[f. L. palpo-, taken as comb. form of L. palpus palp + cilium eyelash.]
A fine hairlike palp or palpus; a tactile hair.
| 1881 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XII. 549/2 Tactil hairs (palpocils), however, occur on the ectodermal cells. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 806 (Porifera) Nervous elements... There are two forms of them, the palpocil and synocil. The former is a delicate free process, springing from a mesoglæal cell with one or more basal outrunners. |