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Webster 1913 Edition
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.