Chelicera Definition

kĭ-lĭsər-ə
chelicerae
noun
Either of the first pair of appendages of spiders and other arachnids, used for grasping and crushing.
Webster's New World

(zoology) One of the prehensile claws found on the proboscises of chelicerates (spiders and scorpions).

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Other Word Forms of Chelicera

Noun

Singular:
chelicera
Plural:
chelicerae

Origin of Chelicera

  • New Latin chela Greek keras horn ker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlē, “jawbone”) + κέρας (keras, “horn”)

    From Wiktionary

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