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Webster 1913 Edition
Cheliform
Chel′i-form
,Adj.
[Gr.
χηλή
claw + -form
.] (Zool.)
Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cheliform
CHELIFORM
,Adj.