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Chelicera


Che-lic′e-ra

(kē̍-lĭs′ē̍-rȧ)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cheliceræ
(-rē)
.
[NL., fr. Gr.
χηλή
claw +
κέρασ
horn.]
(Zool.)
One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

Definition 2024


chelicera

chelicera

English

An engorged tick (Ixodes ricinus), showing chelicerae

Noun

chelicera (plural chelicerae)

  1. (zoology) Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).

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Czech

Noun

chelicera f

  1. chelicera

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