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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.
Definition 2024
chelicera
chelicera
English
Noun
chelicera (plural chelicerae)
- (zoology) Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).
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chelicera