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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Palpi \Pal"pi\ (p[a^]l"p[imac]), n., pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Palpus \Pal"pus\, n.; pl. Palpi. [NL. See Palp.] (Zool.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera. [1913 Webster]