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Peltate. — Target -shaped (Say.). (L, felta, from 

 Gr. felte, a shield.) 



Pencil. — A long flexible hair. (L. penecillus, dimiii. 

 of peneculus, from fenis, a tail.) 



Pencillate. — Possessing pencils ; when long flexible 

 hair is placed upon a thin stalk. 



Pendent. — Hanging down. (Fr. pendant, hanging.) 



Penecelli, Penicelli. — Long flexible hairs. (L. 

 penecillus [see pencil] a brush or pencil.) 



Penicillate. — (Maxillae.) When the whole superior 

 process of the under jaw is clothed with hair. 



Penlcilli.— Small hairy appendages of the genitalia 

 of Ants attached to the tcrgite, or dorsal plate 

 of the tenth abdominal segment. These 

 organs are frequently used as diagnostic 

 characters for the classification. 



Penieilliform. — Pencil-shaped. 



Penis. — A portion of the male genitalia. It is an 

 evagination of the body-wall through which 

 the terminal portion of the seminal duct is 

 continued, and is capable of partial or complete 

 retraction when not in use ; in many insects it 

 may possess hard chitinous portions, and lies 

 hidden within the cloaca, from which it may be 

 protruded during copulation. (L.) 



Pennaceous. — Feathered, like the web of a quill. 

 (L. penna, a feather.) 



Pentamerous.^Having five joints. (Gt. pente, 

 five, and meros, a part.) 



